PRESSIdeas August 2016

Issue 08, 2016

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FROM THE EDITORS’ DESK............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 6 KMPA Members discuss current industry topics at Cochin meeting............................................................................................................................ 8 GMG launches matte OBA proofing media.........................................................................................................................................................................10 Heidelberg presentation at Print Con 2016 ........................................................................................................................................................................12 PrintPack India 2017 to get rid of hangars...........................................................................................................................................................................12 PrintExpo 2016 has record breaking attendance.............................................................................................................................................................14 SV Color Graphics of Bengaluru buys the Canon on display at PrintExpo................................................................................................................16 Esko introduces latest upgrades to hardware-software solutions..............................................................................................................................16 Monotech to bring digital alternative for offset printers................................................................................................................................................18 Ricoh sells all the machines on display.................................................................................................................................................................................19 Xerox showcases a portfolio of marquee Digital Printing equipments at PrintExpo 2016................................................................................20 Kodak Prosper powers SPH .......................................................................................................................................................................................................22 KBA raises revenue and earnings targets for 2016............................................................................................................................................................23 Euronews selects WAN-IFRA for training in immersive journalism.............................................................................................................................24 Insight Communications is Service Partner of Screen HD Singapore........................................................................................................................24 Reuters announces mobile-ready captioned videos for publishers...........................................................................................................................24 CNN launches CNN AIR...............................................................................................................................................................................................................25 Three-year review of La Presse+ highlighted at World Publishing Expo .................................................................................................................26 Gawker.com is ending operations ..........................................................................................................................................................................................26 CHILI Publish at K-Print Week....................................................................................................................................................................................................27 WoodWing expands footprint in China ...............................................................................................................................................................................28 US Vice President urged to prioritize press freedom on Turkey visit..........................................................................................................................29 World News Media Congress in Durban leads new initiatives for WAN-IFRA in Africa........................................................................................30 WoodWing investigates SMB publishers worldwide........................................................................................................................................................31 Bharat Photostat: Targeting to capture a larger market share with Xerox ColorPress 1000i.............................................................................32 E-commerce, automation and cloud for print....................................................................................................................................................................34 Konica Minolta bizhub PRO 1100 offers robust profitability to printing business................................................................................................38 Sixth KBA Rapida for Grafobal..................................................................................................................................................................................................40 PackPlus 2016 flooded with 17136 visitors at New Delhi...............................................................................................................................................42 Monotech Systems to represent Labelmen Machinery in India..................................................................................................................................44 Flint launches UV LED lamp retrofit conversion solution for sheetfed .....................................................................................................................44 Cosmo Films launches a BOPP film for cement bag protection...................................................................................................................................45 Greiner Packaging establishes JV with Century Ultrapack.............................................................................................................................................45 Lake Image Systems wins a MUST SEE ’EM Award for the 3rd consecutive year...................................................................................................46 VINSAK to unveil new USAR at Label Expo India 2016....................................................................................................................................................46 Esko to showcase latest Kongsberg X cutting table at IndiaCorr Expo ....................................................................................................................47 Mark Andy to introduce Digital One Label Press ..............................................................................................................................................................47 Martin Charles and roland printer ensure viewers believe in ghostbusters............................................................................................................48 Mimaki hat-trick at EDP Awards...............................................................................................................................................................................................49 SAi Flexi RIPs and Touch7 differentiate brand signage ...................................................................................................................................................50 Memjet and HP to settle patent dispute...............................................................................................................................................................................50

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FROM THE EDITORS’ DESK Dear Readers, With official 11,239 record-breaking pan India visitor attendance, PrintExpo 2016 generated an expected 150 crore business. The region’s largest print exhibition had a resounding success with trade visitors extremely delighted with the technology on display. PrintExpo had a great showcase of the latest in printing, print finishing, pre-press, consumables and converting at the Chennai Trade Centre, Chennai, from 12-14 August 2016. Over 93% Exhibitors expressed immense satisfaction with their participation at the PrintExpo 2016. At the Eight Edition, 137 exhibitors comprising of manufacturers, resellers, distributors and agents of printing presses, post print and print finishing machines and equipment, pre-press automation, workflow, design software and processes, converting equipment exhibited cutting-edge technology.

Another major upcoming industry event is WAN-IFRA India 2016 Conference – the 24th annual conference in South Asia to be held on 21-22 September in Kolkata. The event is the meeting point of all the newspaper publishers in the South Asia region. The three parallel tracks of the conference are the Newsroom Summit, Printing Summit and Cross-media Advertising Summit. The conference will discuss the business and technology challenges and provide a direction into the future of the news publishing industry in the region. The conference draws much significance in the backdrop of the digital media revolution facing the South Asian news publishing industry in one hand and the challenge of managing the growth of print media business on the other hand. The event will have foyer info tables for suppliers to make their presence and interact with publishers during conference.

The Internet and World Wide Web have opened up new opportunities for printing, but new challenges too. Simon Eccles – a print industry and digital printing expert – explores E-commerce, automation and cloud for print in his extensive article.

On the installation front, Bharat Photostat is targeting to capture a larger market share with their recent addition, Xerox ColorPress 1000i. The press installed at the Naraina facility of Bharat in January this year, has already produced 3 lakh prints and generated savings of up to 40% in runs.

Singapore Press Holdings, in a Southeast Asia first, has introduced a game changing innovative printing technology of Kodak Prosper at its facility.

With the addition of variable data, the solution helps to improve interaction between the newspaper and readers. Prosper Inkjet Heads now enable the publisher to print variable data on each copy of newspaper.

In another interesting development, CNN has launched CNN AIR – a special division with which it will be using drones (UAVs) to gather news from heights and angles which were previously improbable. Find the details in the inside pages along with other news, stories and regulars.

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KMPA Members discuss current industry topics at Cochin meeting “The impact of GST on the print industry is still vague. We will have to wait for the GST draft guidelines and the substantive stand of our state government in its successful implementation. The effect of the so-called game-changer will be known only after it is put to practice,” believes MV Shreyams Kumar, Director of Mathrubhumi Group.

Kerala is one of those states that have rich printing tradition. The Printing Industry is represented by the Kerala Master Printers Association (KMPA). The Association is dedicated towards growth of the industry through active participation in resolving day to day issues of the industry and its people.

PRESSIdeas got an opportunity to interact with the members of KMPA at a recent meeting. Various issues were discussed during the no-holds-barred interactive session that had a healthy and lively environment. The key topic being the recent passing of GST and its implications on the Printing Industry in general and the printer in particular.

Kerala is a state that consumes almost all of the printed products it produces – almost 99% of the total print products. GST, which largely addresses the difference in rates of various taxes across states, should be of a little consequence for the likes of print industry in Kerala that seldom sells to other states.

“There has been an upsurge in import of post press equipments in the state. Prepress is already in an advanced state and the import of new Printing machines and second hand Post Press machines has amazingly increased in the last three years.”

Key Notes : > Kerala consumes most of the print products produced in the state. > The impact of GST on the Print Industry. > Changes in the state’s printing scene over the last three years.

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The KMPA members at the Cochin meeting told that the existing system of billing is at 2% CST against C Form. The printer has to bear this 2%, whereas with GST, this will get eliminated and, instead of a producer, the final consumer will get taxed.

“GST would bring in a level playing field which would provide an impetus to the industry to compete and eventually will encourage healthier competition in the market,” says Mr.G Venugopal of Sterling Printers.

Another reputed printer and Vice President of the Association, Mr.R Gopakumar was of the opinion that this would be an impediment to the credit facilities being enjoyed by the printers. “For example, suppose the GST is finally fixed at 18%, a paper company will be billing at 18% to keep it in its godown in the state.

It will make it impossible for the company to provide credit limits to customers because he will have to pay the tax in advance,” he explains.

Mr.O. Venugopal of Anaswara, however adds, “The implementation of GST would actually create a level playing field for printers across the states. While a printer would be curtailed by logistics, the benefits of elimination of various taxes by states will boost the business prospects in other states.” He was also of the view that it is an opportune time for printers to increase the printing rates. “Since it is a matter of common knowledge today that GST would increase the prices of commodities on a general basis, the time is just right to increase rates of print,” he

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suggests. We have to wait and watch which commodities come in this category and those getting into the negative list to remain unaffected by the GST effect.

It becomes all the more important because print has reduced the rates over the years even though the costs of inputs have increased. Clearly, the level of pricing in the industry is at a rather unsustainable point and needs to be rectified soon and this is the right time to do it,” he emphasized. Rampant corruption in government departments is another area of concern for the survival of the printing industry. This too is expected to be checked by GST implementation.

According to the printers present at the meeting, it was clear that labour cost is a matter of concern not only for the Kerala Print Industry but also industry in general and with proposals like fixing minimum wages at Rs.18000, things will only be turning bad. The recent notification from the state government is being seen as a deterrent for expansion of printers especially startups.

Today a trainer 4-colour machine operator in the state expects to get between Rs.15,000 – Rs.25,000 pm as salary. The printers generally agreed that the issue of labour unrest and work hour loss due to strikes has

decreased substantially over the years.

Mr. K.P. Uthup (Babu) of Colortone Process expressed his concerns about the neglect of the Print Industry by successive governments. “Lack of support from the government to one of the biggest contributors in the economy of the country is a major concern which needs to be addressed collectively by all in the industry.

Taxes imposed by government ought to be paid back too as service to the industry and society,” he asserted.

The customer in Kerala is also being catered to by the neighbouring Bangalore (for big quantity quality prints), Sivakasi (when faster delivery times is a priority), as well as Chennai. “Over the years, this has been

the trend followed by printing customers in Kerala. This is mainly because there are just a few high quality printers who are capable of printing big quantities and keep delivery schedules as well,” says Venugopal. “With the number of new machines arriving in the state over the last three years, production capabilities are now gradually changing.

Apart from the quality, quantity aspect is also being addressed to,” he adds. “There also has been an upsurge in import of post press equipments by the printers in the state.

Prepress is already in an advanced state and the import of new Printing machines and second hand Post Press machines has amazingly increased in the last three years,” according to Mr.M. Nadir owning a binding house in Cochin.

GMG launches matte OBA proofing media GMG, developer of high-end colour management and proofing solutions, announces the launch of GMG ProofMedia studio OBA matte 150. This is GMG’s first matte surface proofing media containing high Optical Brightening Agents (OBAs). It has been developed for highly accurate proofing and the closest visual match of commonly used uncoated production papers.

In the past, it was problematic for design agencies, pre-press and print companies to deliver a visual match between proofs and prints, even with good colorimetric measurement, as matte proofing media contains no or too little fluorescence. This issue can be solved with GMG’s new high OBA contained matte 150 media. Featuring fluorescent levels comparable to popular production papers, proofs printed on GMG ProofMedia studio OBA matte 150 deliver good visual matches to final production. This includes the FOGRA52 printing condition.

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GMG OBA studio matte 150 not only contains high OBA, but also has a higher brightness level. As a result, OBA matte 150 provides a larger colour gamut in highlight areas compared to many other proof media.

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match between proofs and prints for popular uncoated production papers the FOGRA52 printing condition can be simulated perfectly the paper tint of L* 97; a* 2,5; b* -10 provides a larger colour gamut in

The main features of GMG ProofMedia studio OBA matte 150 are: • the surface and colour characteristics make it possible to achieve a visual

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Heidelberg presentation at Print Con 2016 Printing Knowledge Conference, Kanchipuram: 31st July 2016 Tamil Nadu Master Printers Federation organized “Print Con 2016”, a seminar on latest trends and technology in the printing industry. The seminar was held at Kanchipuram and was attended by nearly 500 small and medium Printers apart from Print buyers and various association members.

The president of TNMFP, Mr. C.D .Kumaravel, welcomed the gathering and highlighted the importance of this exhibition.

In his speech, Mr. Venkataraman Ganesan,

Deputy Sales Manager, Heidelberg India, emphasized the importance of adding value to print products to sustain growth in a competitive environment. He also made a poignant presentation on Heidelberg’s complete product portfolio with special focus on digital and medium format presses. He also highlighted the latest innovation on the Ink jet technology showcased at the recent world print exhibition Centre at drupa, Dusseldorf, Germany.

Mr. Ganesh Kumar, Senior Sales Manager, Heidelberg, in his address, described

in detail and highlighted the importance of Anicolor technology in their sheet fed presses reducing make ready and wastage phenomenally to earn more profit. He also underlined the need for value addition and adoption of latest technologies, so printers can survive and keep pace with the rapidlychanging industry.

The conference served as a platform for Printers to get knowledge on the latest technical upgrades from the leading manufacturers like Heidelberg.

PrintPack India 2017 to get rid of hangars With the construction of 6 new pillar-less exhibition halls, PrintPack 2017 is going to be a hangars free exhibition. Earlier, when number of exhibitors exceeded (which was usually the case) the available covered space at the Expo Centre, hangars would

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accommodate some exhibitors. But with the new halls in place, all exhibitors of PrintPack India 2017 will be having their dedicated exhibit space in one of the halls.

The 13th Edition of PRINTPACK INDIA will be held from 4th to 8th February, 2017 at India Expo Centre & Mart, Greater Noida.

These new exhibition halls have a height of 13 mtrs and are fully equipped with ultra modern facilities for holding national and international events.

The load bearing capacity of the new halls is around

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PrintExpo 2016 has record breaking attendance 11, 239 trade visitors from across India and abroad ensured PrintExpo 2016, the regions’ largest and most successful print exhibition was a resounding success.

PrintExpo 2016, that showcased the latest in printing, print finishing, pre-press,

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consumables and converting was held at Chennai from 12-14 August 2016, finished with record-breaking high calibre visitor attendance. At the Eight Edition, 137 exhibitors comprising of manufacturers, resellers, distributors and agents of printing presses, post print and print finishing

machines and equipment, pre-press automation, workflow, design software and processes, converting equipment exhibited cutting-edge technology. The show attracted buyers and decision makers in active buying mode from across India and from several countries, such as, Sri Lanka,

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Bangladesh, UAE, Africa etc. Intel Trade Fairs & Expositions, the organisers have estimated the exhibition’s business as 150 crores. The exhibition not only generated spot business and but also generated quality sales leads for the exhibitors.

Production Managers, Brand Managers, Printing and Packaging Professional etc from across India, mainly from Tamilnadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra and Telangana, Maharashtra, Orissa, Gujarat, Goa, West Bengal etc. attended the PrintExpo 2016.

Trade Visitors comprising of Press Owners, Color Lab Owners, Print Shop Managers,

Over 93% Exhibitors expressed immense satisfaction with their participation at the

PrintExpo 2016 with 94% rating it as “very good” or “good”. The visitors to the show were also very happy with the range of technology showcase. The next edition of PrintExpo will be held in 2017.

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SV Color Graphics of Bengaluru buys the Canon on display at PrintExpo Bengaluru based S V Color Graphics brought the Canon C10000VP on show at the PrintExpo 2016 show. The order was placed within few hours of the show’s opening in Chennai.

SV Color Graphics, today, is a complete Digital Printing services provider and provides to its customers a range of digital print products that goes from books to posters to outdoor signage. The business was started about 12 years ago. “A chance meeting with a printer to get a book printed on gems resulted in an idea to actually start a digital printing business,” says P Sudharshan Kumar. “We believe in the concept of being a one-stop-shop and have all the things in-house. More than business, this is a passion for me,” commented an enthusiastic Sudarshan just after he became a proud owner of the Canon C10000VP. imagePRESS C10000VP delivers offset-like, vibrant & stable output quality with high resolution of 2400 x 2400 dpi at print speeds

of up to 100/80 letter-size images per minute in colour and B&W on all supported media weights for average monthly print volume

of up to 450,000/360,000 LTR images per month and maximum monthly duty cycles of up to 1.5M/1.2M LTR images.

Esko introduces latest upgrades to hardware-software solutions “We had a good run at drupa with many upgradation to both the hardware as well as software and got very good responses from the visitors from India,” comments Fredrick John, Manager Sales – South, Esko Graphics. “The industry today takes cue from people and development across the world. Esko as a solution provider today helps printers, their customers and also their customer’s customers with the range of products in their kitty. To avoid errors in the process is our main objective. All our developments and upgrades are based on customers’ voice. Our team of developers gives very high importance to our customers’ demands,” adds Fredrick.

The new GST is going to have little effect on Esko’s business, considers Fredrick.

“Though it would be a step towards creating a level field for all and may help the country’s economy, our business will have little effect because all our billing is done as imports and payments made to overseas offices,” he says.

They had a good business at the recent

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PrintExpo where it showcased its latest software and other solutions for pre-press as well as signage.

Esko introduced its latest ArtiosCAD designed for pre-press, packaging design, POS, POP, FSDU and sample making for

folding cartons during the expo. Being one of the most popular structural design software, ArtiosCAD is a solution of choice for packaging professionals for structural design, product development, virtual prototyping and manufacturing.

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Monotech to bring digital alternative for offset printers

Monotech Systems is one of India’s leading manufacturers and solutions providers for printing and packaging industry. Its portfolio of brand consists of made in India equipment for signage, labels & packaging segments. These products are designed to deliver the performance and add value to the printing business of a diverse clientele. Apart from brands JetSci, Pixeljet, Digicut, Intaglios,ValuePRO (for specialized BOPP lamination films) and DigiBind (for PostPress equipments), it represents reputed global names like Amsky, ATA, basysprint, Canon, Color-logic, Contex, C P Bourg, Hangzhou Cron Machinery & Electronics, Derprosa, Dumor, Focus, GMP, Hans Shinohara, Highcon, Itotec, Kodak, Labelmen, Mimaki, Nipson Technology, Scodix, Xante and Xeikon.

T P Jain, MD, Monotech - low resMonotech Systems had busy days at the recent Print Expo 2016 in Chennai. Many machines on display got sold out during the show. Hoards of visitors experienced the live display of machines and offering of products and solutions by Monotech.

“With our foot now firmly placed in a range of machines in the prepress, press and post press along with a range of value addition equipments, we see the company is heading in the right direction,” said T.P. Jain, Monotech. “We had a great drupa especially considering the response for Scodix and Highcon. It was a showcasing show for Scodix and Highcon. With footfalls belying expectations and literal wave of people jostling for space at Scodix stall, it was a great experience.”

Jain told PRESSIdeas that Monotech was also in the process of some exciting news for Offset printers. “We are looking for an alternative solution for printers who are today feeling the heat from digital printing space. It would be an alternative solution for printers facing the digital onslaught in terms of run length and cost per print,” he revealed.

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Ricoh sells all the machines on display Ricoh India, the Printing & Document solutions and IT services provider showcased its premium range of production printers at

the recently concluded Print Expo 2016 at the Chennai Trade Centre from 12th – 14th August 2016. Print Expo is the regions’

largest and most successful exhibition on pre-press, printing, print finishing, converting and signage.

Sambit Mishra, COO PP, Ricoh India, while talking to PRESSIdeas spoke about the Indian business and the ramifications of the recent financial mix-up and reports of imminent funding from Japan. “The business is as usual for Ricoh with sales progressing.

Though there are challenges owing to the recent developments, we are working on strategies to keep the business smooth. The business at PrintExpo has been good. We sold all the machines that we had on display at the show,” he says.

Ricoh has discontinued the machine financing option from the 31st of March 2016.

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Xerox showcases a portfolio of marquee Digital Printing equipments at PrintExpo 2016 It gives vibrant colour and high definition resolution using 2400 x 2400 dpi VCSEL ROS and EA ECO Dry Ink technologies.

Xerox Color C70 is capable of Print/Copy/ Scan- 60/70ppm/A4 colour and 65/75ppm/A4 black and white. With low melt toner & flexible paper path, users can run synthetics, vinyls, window clings, carbonless paper, never-tear paper, transfer papers, magnets. Heatefficient IH fuser does not require preheating, which helps reduce power consumption in standby mode by 44% compared to a resistance heating device. Moreover, the power consumption of the scanner using

Xerox India showcased a wide range of highpowered digital presses – Xerox Versant 2100 Digital Press with an Offset-like matte finish, Xerox Color C70 with OHCF and Embedded Fiery, Xerox Versant 80 with Embedded Fiery and Xerox Color Press 1000i with Metallic Gold and Silver options, Xerox Wide Format 6705, at the eighth edition of PrintExpo 2016 in Chennai.

Commenting at the event, Mr. Balaji Rajagopalan, Executive Director, Technology, Channels & International Relations said, “We demonstrated an array of our key digital equipments at the PrintExpo this year – complete with demo runs and presentations. We also displayed booklets and other samples that brought out the unique and quality colour printing and efficient production aspects of these machines. PrintExpo has served us as a great platform in the region, to showcase our fleet of devices, which echoes the technology innovation that Xerox is recognized for. We have been associated with PrintExpo since

its inception eight years ago!”

“This also gave us the opportunity to reinforce our focus on the southern market in India wherein we have witnessed significant growth in segments like photo-printing, book publishing etc. This further encouraged us to constantly innovate and introduce new technologies. This region continues to contribute over 33% to Xerox India business,” he further added.

Key features of the products showcased: Color Press 1000i prints at 100ppm on stocks from 55 – 350 gsm with specialty stocks and specialty metallic gold and silver dry inks running at rated speeds. Printers can migrate metallic jobs from offset/foil stamping to digital for applications like invitations, certificates, business cards, photo applications, posters, direct mail campaigns, specialty applications, Brand managed colour applications. Multi-pass printing with clear ink adds an extra dimensional feel.

LED lighting is 1/3rd of traditional scanners using fluorescent lamps. The single pass scanner scans up to 200 images per minute.

Versant 80 can Print/Copy/Scan-80 ppm/ A4 and give ultra HD resolution: 1200 x 1200 x 10-bit RIP rendering and 2400 x 2400 imaging resolution.

Versant 2100 Digital Press features new compact belt fuser which drives 100 ppm speeds (single-sided letter/A4) with support from 52-350 gsm and auto-perfecting. It automates colour control, creates image-tomedia alignment profiles and delivers brandmanaged colour in less time with less waste with an inline, integrated Full Width Array. It produces smooth sweeps and gradients, sharp images, graphics and text with the new Ultra HD Resolution – an industry first.

Applications are rendered at 1200 x 1200 dpi at up to 10 bits – that’s 300 percent more pixels and colour precision rendered than the 600 x 600 dpi standard. It offers three controller options – the Xerox EX and EX-P 2100 Print Server, Powered by Fiery, and the Xerox FreeFlow Print Server, so users can tailor the press to their production needs.

Supported media include linen, polyester, vinyl magnet and specialty stocks.

Xerox Wide Format 6705 is 3 pages/min (A0) Full Colour Scanner – high speed, with best IQ colour scanning, supporting digitization of large-format colour originals. It has the ability to print long original prints of up to 25m and supports continuous copy / print of up to 99 sheets. 2 rolls and manual paper feeds are standard along with top security features.

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Kodak Prosper powers SPH Prosper Inkjet Heads enables Singapore Press Holdings to print variable data on each copy of newspaper

By installing Kodak’s Prosper Inkjet heads on the original newspaper printing press, SPH prints variable data, including texts, graphics, bar codes and QR codes in black or red on the specified area of each piece of newspaper, without shutting down the press or changing plates

Key Notes : > With the addition of variable data, the solution helps to improve interaction between the newspaper and readers. > SPH is the first newspaper company implementing the solution in Southeast Asia. > Produces personalized content, such as unique passwords for lucky draws, coupons and promotions for every reader.

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Newspaper printers produce thousands of newspapers every day. Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) changes the game by introducing an innovative printing technology. With the addition of variable data, the solution helps to improve interaction between the newspaper and readers. SPH is the first newspaper company implementing the solution in Southeast Asia.

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One interesting one was where the readers could select the most powerful combination of their choice from four national teams in a special ad in The New Paper. If the selected combination matched the sports editor’s choice, the winner had the opportunity to win tickets to watch the Championship semi-finals live.

Know the World at a Glimpse uses the variable printing technology to print special advertising with lucky draw passwords on ZaobaoNow. The password is unique in every copy of the newspaper.

The printing production manager, K Seharan, a veteran with 27 years of newspaper printing experience, says: “It would have been impossible to print unique content on so many copies without Kodak’s Prosper Imprinting Systems. Previously we had to insert additional pages into the newspaper manually, which is time-consuming and labourintensive. But Kodak’s inkjet heads have not only helped us to streamline operations by being more productive, but also opened up a new set of possibilities altogether. The new solution doesn’t sacrifice newspaper printing processes or speed.

More than 1,000,000 copies are printed efficiently daily to meet the rigorous demand of newspaper deadline.”

Readers enjoy a new experience of interaction By installing Kodak Prosper S-Series Imprinting Heads on the original printing press, the solution prints variable data, including texts, graphics, bar codes and QR codes in black or red on the specified area of each piece of newspaper, without shutting down the press or changing plates.

It means that the newspaper and advertisers are able to use this solution to produce personalized content, such as unique passwords for lucky draws, coupons and promotions for every reader.

According to SPH, the communication between the brand owners and reader will be more efficient and flexible. In addition, the readers will enjoy a new experience of interaction.

Cai Guoling, the executive vice president and chief manager of marketing, SPH said: “Leveraging the new technology, the brand owners can deliver different promotion information to readers at the same day. It helps to improve the effectiveness of communication and interaction of 1: 1, resulting in a successful promotion”.

The luck draw, Know the World at a Glimpse, is a perfect application of variable printing technology.

The special advertising with lucky draw password was printed on ZaobaoNow through the week. The password is unique in every copy of the newspaper.

Carlsberg partnered with The New Paper in this year’s European Football Championship. With variable print technology, readers were able to participate in similar

KBA raises revenue and earnings targets for 2016 Successful Drupa and high order intake of €352.5m in Q2.

Alongside a successful Drupa trade show, the second quarter of 2016 for the Koenig & Bauer Group (KBA) was characterised by strong order figures, revenue and earnings.

At euro352.5m group order intake from April to June was up 17.2% year-on-year, although the group’s figures for this quarter only contain around a third of orders placed at the trade show which were in the triple-digit million euro range.

coming months. At euro290.8m order intake with unchanged good margins was on track.

Revenue was up 22.1% to euro291.7m compared to the previous year.

After six months group order intake of euro618.8m was 1.9% higher than the strong prior year. Revenue increased over the same period by 29.7% to euro553.9m and order backlog rose 7% to euro639.8m.

KBA president and CEO Claus BolzaSchünemann: “This is a solid buffer for the second half-year and gives us ample security to raise our targets for 2016 despite existing economic and political turbulence.

We now expect an EBT margin of around 4% with group revenue between euro1.1 and euro1.2bn.”

The increase in demand in security, metal, coding, flexible packaging and direct glass decorating drove order intake in the Special segment up 47.7% to euro294m year-onyear. Additionally, revenue rose by a sizeable 37.7% to euro233.9m compared to the previous year.

Revenue and earnings on track A rise of 30% in revenue compared to 2015, solid capacity utilisation at KBA’s facilities and cost savings from the restructuring programme completed at the start of the year had a positive impact on earnings after six months despite high trade show and development costs. EBIT improved to euro20.7m compared to the prior-year loss of –euro8.3m.

Continued solid net liquidity The increase in inventories for the sales volume anticipated in the second half of 2016 and the rise in receivables following higher deliveries strained the net inflow of funds. Nevertheless, compared to the prior year (2015: –euro28.9m) cash flows from operating activities improved markedly to – euro10.6m.

Growth in all three segments Trade show Drupa brought in orders in the triple-digit million euro range for KBA’s largest segment, Sheetfed. Around a third of these orders were already visible in the group’s figures for the second quarter and the other two thirds will be booked in the

At euro66m order intake in the Digital & Web segment was similar to that of the prior year.

Revenue rose by over 75% to euro64.5m with digital presses for the decor and corrugated markets making a key contribution.

Export level at 86.1% and fewer employees The group’s export level rose from 84.9% in 2015 to 86.1%. 28.4% of deliveries went to other parts of Europe, 14.1% to North America, 30.4% to the region Asia and the Pacific and 13.2% went to Latin America and Africa.

5,201 employees were on the KBA group payroll at the end of June 2016, 65 fewer than the previous year. Excluding apprentices, trainees, employees exempted from their duties and staff on phased retirement

schemes the group workforce sank to 4,719.

Revenue and earnings targets raised for 2016 KBA’s Sheetfed segment which has an outstanding footing in packaging printing is on track to reach its revenue and earnings targets for 2016. The management board is targeting a profit in its Digital & Web segment by the end of the financial year. In the Special segment KBA anticipates clear growth with a significant earnings improvement in 2016.

The security business almost doubled order intake compared to 2015. Incoming orders from the flexible packaging printing and hollow glass container decoration markets also rose by two digits.

The KBA management board is targeting a rise in group revenue above its initial planning to between euro1.1 and euro1.2bn as well as an increase in the EBT margin to around 4%.

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Euronews selects WAN-IFRA for training in immersive journalism Euronews, the multilingual news organization headquartered of France, has chosen WAN-IFRA to strengthen its Journalism 360 capacity.

Euronews has chosen WAN-IFRA to train its teams in immersive journalism, in order to integrate this new mode of story-telling.

The program will concentrate on practical exercises and will be directed by Anh Hoà Truong, a bilingual WAN-IFRA consultant

and instructor (French/English). Based in Palo Alto, California, Anh Hoà TRUONG also is a journalist and teaches immersive technologies, as well as virtual and augmented realities, at Stanford University.

Participants will learn how to lead an immersive project, choose the topic that lends itself to 360 journalism, learn shooting techniques with a 360 camera, etc.

The program, in either French or English, is also available to other organizations.

David Sallinen, Director of the WAN-IFRA Training, is guiding the new program and, in collaboration with WAN-IFRA’s Global Alliance for Media Innovation, also setting up a network of virtual reality and Journalism 360 project managers within international media to facilitate exchange and innovation.

Insight Communications is Service Partner of Screen HD Singapore Screen HD Singapore (formerly Dainippon Screen Singapore) has appointed Insight Communications as its service partner for servicing its huge install base of thermal CTP machines.

strengthen Screen’s technical support and reach in all geographical locations, ensuring customers get service immediately. Screen Customers can choose the best service solution for them”

Keiichi Kometani, Director –Graphic and Precision Division - says “Existing Screen users require prompt service and availability of spares immediately. Screen directly and through existing channels, in India, provide technical service and spare part support at all level. With Insight, Screen will be adding a valuable pool of engineers across India to

Kometani continued, “Insight is already handling sales and service of Screen’s POD Truepress Jet 520 series of Roll feed inkjet press and Digital Label press Truepress Jet L350, it was a logical extension for us. Also Insight has a very good service setup spanning all India and a very big team of service engineers who already know how to handle CTPs, Processors and Workflow – so the time from decision making to implementation has been cut short drastically. In fact, as we release this info to the press – 14 engineers from all over the country have already undergone the training and are ready.” Mr. Ajay Aggarwal, MD and CEO Insight Communications,

added, “Insight has traditionally been a very customer centric and support centric organization and we have decided to expand our business in customer services moving forward. This new initiative of customer support will also strengthen brand image for both the organizations in the market.”

Screen – has had one of the best and most reliable CTP solutions and is now pioneering in the digital arena with world’s fastest Digital label press is already the world leader in Web based Print on Demand solutions.

Insight is one of India’s largest graphic arts solutions providers representing Screen, Kodak, Komori, Soma, Mimaki and HP - and provides a wide variety of print solutions to the Indian printers.

Reuters announces mobile-ready captioned videos for publishers Reuters News Agency is now offering publishers a fast new way to reach an increasingly-mobile audience who don’t want to or can’t listen to audio when they’re on the go.

Captioned videos in English and Spanish – with Portuguese and additional languages to follow – cover the top news and human interest stories around the world, allowing publishers to offer a visually compelling, personal user experience that doesn’t require audio.

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processes raw video footage and adds captions so within minutes, publishers can access snappy, 30- to 60-second videos to post to their websites.

Reuters editors update the videos as events unfold, providing publishers with the most up-to-date news content available.

Beta testing has demonstrated that Reuters captioned videos offer a very

high level of user engagement. Reuters captioned videos are also fully shareable and embeddable.

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CNN launches CNN AIR Unmanned Aerial Systems unit for aerial imagery and reporting across networks

As the news industry leader in the development of technology used in newsgathering, CNN has launched CNN Aerial Imagery and Reporting (CNN AIR). For the first time in the company’s history, CNN will have a designated Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) unit with two full-time UAS operators to fully integrate aerial imagery and reporting across all CNN networks and platforms, along with Turner Broadcasting and Time Warner entities.

“CNN’s cutting-edge development of technology to enhance the way we tell stories is a part of our DNA,” said Terence Burke, Senior Vice President of National News.

“We are proud to continue the tradition with CNN AIR, and to establish a unit that will expand our technological capabilities for newsgathering.”

CNN has been a leader in integrating this new technology into its operations, forming the first media-related research partnership with the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) and entering into a direct research agreement with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). In 2015, CNN was selected by the FAA as one of the first three industry “Pathfinders” to develop safe uses of UAS in newsgathering. CNN has shared data and research that has helped formulate

a framework for various types of UAS to be safely integrated into the national air space and continues to work to expand the safe and legal operation of UAS in newsgathering.

CNN has utilized UAS to provide understanding and context, enhanced storytelling and production value, led by Greg Agvent, Senior Director of National Newsgathering Technology. CNN’s deployment of UAS have demonstrated the breadth of the flooding in Louisiana and the water crisis in Flint, Michigan. They have also been utilized at the Republican and Democratic presidential nominating conventions, CNN presidential primary debates and town halls, and to enhance storytelling across CNN’s platforms, including the 50th anniversary of the civil rights march on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, and Anderson Cooper’s coverage of the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.

CNN Worldwide is a portfolio of two dozen news and information services across cable, satellite, radio, wireless devices and the Internet in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide. It is the most widely distributed news channel reaching more than 320 million households; and CNN Digital is a top network for online news, mobile

news and social media. CNN is a division of Turner Broadcasting System, a Time Warner Company.

The launch of the drone division opens the gates for journalists to cover news from new heights and angles enabled by cameras atop these aerial vehicles. The Federal Aviation Administration, after much wait, has recently released guidelines allowing journalists to operate drones after passing a test.

Now, only time can tell whether the drones will enhance the threat to public safety or privacy already being exposed to various other technological invasions. Being a pioneer, CNN will certainly have an edge over competition even as many others are yet to decide on the suitability of the technology.

It is also worth watching how a drone enabled photojournalist matches the existing requirements of time tested professional imagery. It’s too early to measure the implications of limitation of flying space as other competitors and industries too seek possibilities of benefits from this technology.

For general acceptability of the technology, there are many considerations like people’s safety, privacy, journalistic ethics, possibilities of accidents or sabotage etc. Let’s hope it goes right in the direction of improvement of human life.

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Three-year review of La Presse+ highlighted at World Publishing Expo

World Publishing Expo, the most focused exhibition for the news publishing and production industry, taking place from 10 to 12 October 2016, at Messe Wien in Vienna, will showcase vision and strategies to address the industry’s key challenges of the day. Pierre-Elliott Levasseur, Chief Operating Officer of La Presse in Canada, will review the latest developments of La Presse+, the successful transplanting of a newspaper content to tablet.

Three years after its launch, La Presse+ tablet edition has established itself as an essential news and information reference in its market and is seen as a leader in the worldwide daily newspaper industry. During the opening session to the two high quality conferences (Digital Media World 2016 and Print World 2016), readily accessible to all visitors of the World Publishing Expo, Pierre-Elliott Levasseur, Chief Operating Officer of La Presse, will explain the vision and strategy that enabled La Presse, a 131 years old daily, to successfully complete its transformation from a print newspaper to a leading-edge digital medium. Learn how the Montréal news organization created an

innovative and effective digital business model by developing an engaging digital edition for tablets that is as acclaimed for the quality and depth of its content as for the effectiveness of its creative advertising products.

Over the last few years, Mr. Levasseur has led the company’s digital publishing operations and the development and implementation of La Presse+, a digital edition for tablets. Mr. Levasseur is also President of Square Victoria Digital Properties, a leading investor and developer of digital businesses in Canada. Since May 2015, he has also overseen Nuglif, a subsidiary of La Presse dedicated to the ongoing development of the innovative publishing platform technology behind La Presse+ and to its successful integration into clients’ technical and operational environments. From 1995 to 2006, Mr. Levasseur worked for Power Corporation of Canada and Power Financial Corporation, where he was Treasurer from 2001 to 2006.

Thousands of visitors from more than 900 companies and 82 countries are expected

to visit the 100-plus exhibitors over the threeday World Publishing Expo, the largest global trade exhibition for the news publishing and media industry, organised by the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA). This Year’s World Publishing Expo will be geared towards two major conferences. Visitors will discover the latest technologies from key suppliers, newcomers and startups, and will benefit from the programme of Digital Media World 2016 and Print Media World 2016 – a brand new conference experience with sessions delivering key learnings to surface exciting works-in-progress, and promote creative problem solving around the world, and guided tours to dive deeper into solutions.

Gawker.com is ending operations After nearly fourteen years of operation, Gawker.com is shutting down. The decision to close Gawker comes days after Univision successfully bid $135 million for Gawker Media’s six other websites, and three months after the Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel revealed his clandestine legal campaign against the company.

Nick Denton, the company’s outgoing CEO, informed current staffers of the site’s fate recently, just hours before a bankruptcy court in Manhattan will decide whether to approve Univision’s bid for Gawker Media’s other assets. Staffers will soon be assigned to other editorial roles, either at one of the other six sites or elsewhere within Univision.

Near-term plans for Gawker.com’s coverage, as well as the site’s archives, have not yet been finalized.

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CHILI Publish at K-Print Week To highlight solutions that make digital publishing easier, intuitive, and more efficient for APAC customers With new language capability and software functionality in CHILI publisher 5.0 and geographic expansion of the company, CHILI publish can offer companies in the APAC region the solutions they need to transform how documents and other materials are created and managed.

to give the user the best possible experience.

As part of the company’s growth and success in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) market, CHILI publish will exhibiting at the upcoming K-Print Week, taking place August 31 – September 3, 2016 at KINTEX, Korea. K-Print Week is the biennial tradeshow of the Korean Print Industry, bringing together leading providers of printing machinery, labeling, packaging and digital print solutions. From booth number K152, CHILI publish will highlight their growth in the APAC region, and will demonstrate new functionality in CHILI publisher 5.0, including that new support for Asian languages.

With these significant accomplishments behind us, we come to K-Print in a strong position to bring the power of CHILI publish to more printers, brand owners, advertisers and marketers in Asia. With the first Korean customers on board, the future looks promising for us and we look forward to further demonstrating how our solution can enhance the way their products are customized, produced and distributed in the APAC market,” says Kevin Goeminne, CEO of CHILI publish.

“Earlier this year, CHILI Publish enlarged their presence in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) market by establishing an office in Asia and recruiting a team of experienced sales and distribution partners from the region. After setting this foundation, we then introduced support for Asian languages in the most recent update of our signature technology, the CHILI publisher online editing solution.

Companies around the world use the CHILI publisher online editor to make their digital publishing processes easier, efficient and more intuitive. This scalable solution is easy to use, yet provides marketers with a powerful way to control their documents – and their brand.

Transforming the online editing experience in Asia

To bring these benefits to the APAC market CHILI publish 5.0 now includes support of Asian languages for direct creation and editing in CHILI publisher. With Chinese, Korean and Indonesian already supported, more languages will soon follow. It also supports output of these documents to PDF and InDesign Mark-Up Language (IDML). The release includes a completely updated user experience that matches with the way people work today. Users are routinely working from devices and locations of their choice. CHILI publisher 5.0 keeps pace with this trend and optimizes the online editing environment.

Moreover, the open architecture of CHILI publisher means that it can be integrated into any e-commerce solution. This easy integration, combined with robust features like 3D viewing and an intuitive user interface, dramatically expands the types of experiences printers, marketer, and brand owners in Asia can offer their end-user consumers, while opening up new financial benefits.

More about CHILI publish’s expansion into Asia and the new features of CHILI Publish 5.0 can be learnt at CHILI publish booth at upcoming K-Print.

Established in 2010, CHILI publish is a software company focused on the development and deployment of powerful online software for the graphic arts industry.

The popular CHILI publisher is an online editing solution that can be seamlessly integrated into third-party workflows and production platforms to provide a wide range of customizable, easy-to-use, browserbased, editing functions. CHILI rendro is a revolutionary PDF rendering solution that enables fast, accurate rendering of PDFs which can then be viewed on devices supporting the HTML5 canvas. CHILI software is sold both direct and through a wide network of international value-added channel partners. CHILI publish has its headquarters near Brussels, Belgium, and operates offices in New York City and Singapore.

The new UX accommodates the wide range of applications in which users choose to edit – on their phones, tablets or computers.

Whether the user is editing on a small or large screen, using a mouse or touch – or even a combination of these – CHILI publisher dynamically adapts the workspace

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WoodWing expands footprint in China – Hong Kong based newspaper Startup HK01 goes live using Enterprise and Elvis DAM in the Cloud A new weekly newspaper launched in Hong Kong HK01 is a truly multichannel project and is available in both print and on the web, as well as on tablets, smartphones and in social media. The title is accompanied by a monthly and two weekly magazines.

All content is produced in a highly efficient workflow based on WoodWing’s multichannel publishing system Enterprise and the digital asset management solution WoodWing Elvis DAM. Both applications are deployed in a virtual private cloud environment based on Amazon Web Services (AWS).

The newspaper is accompanied by two weekly magazines. “Being Global” features stories and powerful photography with coverage on global news and business, as well as culture, innovation and sports. The other weekly magazine, “Being HK”, offers features from local community to address society issues on everyday living with focus on preserving and protecting our living space. The monthly ladies magazine “Being Ms” covers everything from styling to wellbeing, providing insights for women from women.

Hong Kong based Newspaper Startup HK01 utilizes WoodWing´s solutions to create, manage and publish its content in print and online, on tablets, for mobile as well as for social media.

A flexible solution and dedicated partners were key requirements of the project

The Advantages of a Private Cloud Environment

“HK01’s high-quality content across multiple platforms enables us to highly engage with our audiences on a daily basis,” said Lung King Cheong, Editor in Chief at HK01.

“This goal led to high requirements for the production environment. We needed a flexible solution and dedicated partners to build the entire newsroom from scratch.

WoodWing and its partners were on board from the very beginning and helped us substantially in maintaining our tight schedule.”

“HK01 represents the state of the art in modern publishing technology,” said Bruce Persaud, managing director of Serioustec.

“WoodWing’s solutions are the most innovative on the market, and the private cloud approach on AWS offers enormous advantages in terms of cost efficiency, scalability, availability and flexibility.”

All reporters, editors and designers are connected from their desktops or mobile devices to WoodWing´s applications on AWS.

The content for all channels are created from within WoodWing’s multichannel publishing system Enterprise and its editorial management solution Content Station.

The assets are managed and deployed via WoodWing´s DAM solution Elvis, and published editions are automatically archived for later repurposing.

From Go to Launch in Six Months

Published by the media holding WeMedia01 (HK) Limited, HK01 is a smart offer of daily, weekly and monthly content in digital and print formats. The four sections of the printed weekly newspaper offer articles about local and global developments in politics, business and finance, and engages readers with aspirational content in fashion, beauty, travel, culture, technology and more. It also includes feature stories about people from all walks of life. The initial print run is 60,00080,000 copies.

HK01’s wide range of digital offerings presents up-to-the minute news, long-tail stories, insights and analysis of issues from local to around the globe. The accredited editorial team provides trusted news, analysis, data and tools. The web site, launched on January 11, 2016, targeted 300,000 page views in February. The Facebook page, started on December 28, 2015, has already attracted more than 120,000 fans. HK01 is also available on tablets and smartphones.

Special Milestone for WoodWing “We congratulate WeMedia on the successful launch of this ambitious project,” said RoelJan Mouw, CEO of WoodWing Software.

“The launch represents a special milestone for WoodWing. HK01 is the first newspaper customer in Hong Kong China, and the first customer worldwide that runs a truly multichannel newsroom based on Enterprise and Elvis DAM in an AWS environment.”

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partners were involved in the project: Serioustec of Kuala Lumpur and GrandTech of Hong Kong.

“WeMedia has an innovative multimedia concept for the content management and production workflows HK01 benefits from,” said Lok Wai Keung, technical director at GrandTech. “We are glad to have been involved in that project from a very early stage all the way to the successful launch of HK01 in print, web and social media, as well as on tablets and mobile — all created within just six months.”

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US Vice President urged to prioritize press freedom on Turkey visit

Two leading media organizations representing news organizations around the world – the Newspaper Association of America (NAA) and the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WANIFRA) – wrote to the US Vice President Joseph Biden urging him, on his recent visit to Ankara, Turkey on August 24, to raise with the Turkish government the increasing problem of journalists becoming a target for state repression. They also sought immediate release of the journalists jailed or awaiting trial for carrying out their professional duties.

“We encourage Vice President Biden to call on the democratically elected Turkish government to actively uphold the fundamental human right of freedom of expression and to reinstate press freedoms for the benefit of current and future generations,” said NAA President and CEO David Chavern.

For many years, Turkey has had more free-expression cases filed against it in the European Court of Human Rights than any other signatory to the convention.

Despite repeated attempts by international press organizations to raise concerns with the Turkish authorities and encourage a dialogue, these free press issues have been unaddressed. WAN-IFRA President Tomas Brunegård stated, “We are dismayed by the incessant pressure our Turkish colleagues have been facing and stand shoulder to shoulder with the media community in this time of crisis. The Turkish state is responsible for safeguarding the freedom of the press yet is so far failing to meet its international obligations in this regard. Instead, journalists and the media have become the victims of a deliberate effort to silence critical opinion that we condemn in the strongest possible terms.”

Some prominent journalists critical of the government have been arrested and imprisoned, accused of espionage and treason with the prospect of lengthy sentences if convicted. Since July’s failed coup, the problem has intensified, with many journalists, editors and media owners living in fear of reprisal. “A free press, in Turkey or anywhere else, is a fundamental cornerstone for a developed, democratic and peaceful society,” stated Marcelo Rech, President of the WAN-IFRA World Editors Forum. “As such, the editors around the world expect respect for the integrity of their colleagues under any circumstances.”

Specifically, the letter asks Vice President Biden to seek assurances that the Turkish government will respect the independence of the press and the right of the Turkish media to operate free from harassment and intervention; reinstate ownership to independent media outlets that have been shut down by the government and its

supporters; and recognize its responsibilities and obligations to freedom of expression under the international covenants to which Turkey is a signatory.

Chavern adds, “Above all, we ask that Turkey prioritize journalists’ safety.”

Newspaper Association of America is a nonprofit organization representing nearly 2,000 newspapers and their multiplatform businesses in the United States and Canada.

The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), based in Paris and Frankfurt with regional offices in Chennai, Singapore and Mexico, is the global organization for the world’s newspapers and news publishers, with formal representative status at the United Nations, UNESCO and the Council of Europe. The organization represents more than 18,000 print and online publications and serves over 3,000 member companies in more than 120 countries. Its mission is to defend and promote press freedom and help independent news publishing companies to succeed in their transformation process, increase their business, and perform their crucial role in open societies.

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World News Media Congress in Durban leads new initiatives for WAN-IFRA in Africa

The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) will hold its 69th World News Media Congress, 24th World Editors Forum, and 27th World Advertising Forum in Durban, South Africa, from 7th to 9th June 2017. It will be only the second time the World News Media Congress has come to the African continent following the success of the Cape Town event in 2007. The Congress is part of a broader plan to expand activities in Africa and connect with colleagues who are leading the media transformation across the continent.

In January of this year, the Women In News (WIN) initiative, a highly regarded leadership programme for women media professionals, began its sixth year on the continent. Bringing together middle and senior managers from newspapers in Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe, as well as a team of coaches and mentors from local and international markets, the programme empowers women journalists and editors to contribute to the editorial agenda and progress to greater levels of decision-making within their media.

Vincent Peyrègne, CEO of WAN-IFRA, said: “We are thrilled to be bringing the Congress back to Africa. Our local partners are outlining groundbreaking support for our ambitious plans and Durban - an awardwinning city in one of the most attractive tourist destinations in South Africa – is the ideal venue. News publishing companies in South Africa are demonstrating a real thirst for innovation that we will have a taste of during our upcoming Digital Media Africa conference in September 2016. This will be a fantastic kick-start in preparation for the Congress next year.”

The goal of the project, which is supported by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) and the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is to assist women media professionals who are under-represented in top management positions to excel in their careers.

The events - to be held in Johannesburg in September 2016 and Durban in 2017 - are part of a broader expansion of WAN-IFRA’s activities in Africa.

The initiative also engages the media industry at the global level to sensitize and promote change from within, and forms part of WAN-IFRA’s Gender and Media Freedom Strategy. The strategy combines WAN-IFRA’s global experience in running advocacy and development initiatives in support of media freedom and democracy with the first-hand knowledge of the impact gender-based programmes can have on media and society.

More than 1,000 publishers, chief editors, managing directors, CEOs and other senior news publishing executives are expected to attend the 69th World News Media Congress, the 24th World Editors Forum and the 27th World Advertising Forum in Durban. Next year’s annual global meeting of the world’s press will include sessions on strategy,

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revenue, and editorial development, research and innovation, as well as issues related to small and mid-sized publishers.

The World News media Congress will also bring hundreds of participants from WAN-IFRA’s Media Freedom programmes together with Congress delegates for an exclusive international summit focussing on gender in the news industry. WAN-IFRA’s Africa Media Freedom Committee, funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark under the Strengthening Media and Society programme, will also direct advocacy actions and targeted campaigns highlighting press freedom issues on the continent in the lead up to, and during Congress.

Other new features for the World News media Congress 2017 will include a thoughtful analysis of the World News Media Outlook, a global industry survey providing news executives with the cutting-edge intelligence needed to benchmark company performance and to help devise innovative strategies to ensure future business success. The Outlook, together with the World Press Trends annual report, help to better understand and quantify the news industry’s responses to the challenges faced.

Registration for the 69th World News Media Congress in Durban, from 7th to 9th June 2017 is now open at WAN-IFRA website. The organisers have offered two free nights at the 5-Star Beverly Hills Hotel in Durban for participants who sign-up early.

After Johannesburg, the Durban Metropolitan Area ranks second among the most populous urban areas in South Africa,

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WoodWing investigates SMB publishers worldwide Small and medium-size publishers are the hidden champions of the publishing industry. With a global survey, WoodWing investigates their status.

almost equal to Cape Town. It is also the second most important manufacturing hub in South Africa after Johannesburg. Durban is famous for being the busiest port in South Africa. It is also seen as one of the major centres of tourism because of the city’s warm subtropical climate and extensive beaches.

With a population of almost 3,5 million people, Durban also the main port city for South Africa accounting 65% of all imports and exports into the country.

South Africa is the continent’s major media player, and its broadcasters and press reflect the diversity of its people. The printed press is dominated by four major companies: Times Media, Independent News and Media, Media24 and Caxton/CTP. Among the private press can be mentioned the Mail & Guardian, the City Press, the Sunday Times and the online newspaper Daily Maverick.

The use of mobile phones to access the internet is driving the growth in web access.

According to Internetworldstats, South Africa has a vibrant mobile market that has seen rapid uptake of GSM since competition was introduced to the sector more than 10 years ago. With market penetration exceeding 70%, the three network operators are increasingly forced to find innovative ways of distinguishing themselves from the competition in order to gain and retain customers. The annual IAB SA Internet Advertising Revenue Report, conducted

by PwC, shows a growth of 15% in online advertising revenue from 2013 to 2014. This growth, at a rate of more than three times the current CPI, provides a clear indication of the rapid growth of both the size and importance of the digital marketing industry in South Africa. Online advertising revenues rose from R452 million to R566 million, while search Internet advertising revenues surged to R865 million, up from R680 million. The estimated total revenue of the online advertising market in 2014 is estimated at R1.5 billion.

A multitude of large, often international newspaper and magazine publishers from all over the globe produce an abundance of world-famous media brands. They constantly adjust their strategies to adapt to the changing realities in the industry and master the challenges of the modern publishing world by using state-of-the art technologies.

But the publishing universe is much larger than just the major brands. Many small and medium-size publishers worldwide – most of them unknown – are creating an impressive array of attractive publications. With a global survey, WoodWing investigates the status of these publishers, as well as their strategies and needs.

Along with world-famous magazine and newspaper titles, readers can select their preferred publications from a variety of categories, including city and regional magazines, publications covering niche topics and industry magazines. The small and mid-size publishers of these publications must master the challenges of the modern publishing world just like the large media houses, aiming to improve efficiency and to ensure competitiveness.

WoodWing’s global survey aims to examine the situation of the publishers in the small and medium business sector (SMB): the nature of their businesses, the challenges they face, and their needs and strategies.

WoodWing’s anonymous survey asks about the status of these publications and their audiences; their social, mobile and Cloud strategies; their key business challenges and

pain points; their production environments and more.

SMB publishers are hidden champions “Small and medium publishers are the hidden champions of the publishing industry.

They produce highly attractive publications that find and inspire their readers,” said Roel-Jan Mouw, CEO of WoodWing Software.

“Nevertheless, these publishers do not attract the attention they deserve. With our global survey, we want to shed light on this segment of the publishing industry and to give SMB publishers a platform to share their experiences and strategies.”

The questionnaire is available at WoodWing website and the deadline to participate is Oct. 14. Among all participants, WoodWing will give away one Apple TV. The results of the study will be published during the fourth quarter and will be sent to all participants.

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Bharat Photostat: Targeting to capture a larger market share with Xerox ColorPress 1000i Abhishek attributes the company’s achievement to their earlier Xerox DocuColor 12 and Xerox Sapida machines and eyes larger market share with their recent Xerox 1000i.

Mr. SK Nangia established Bharat Photostat in 1994.

The first machine was a Toshiba photocopy telefax machine, which was imported to meet the Photostat and fax demand of customers. The company had been into export business of threads. With Mr. SK Nangia’s son Abhishek Nangia joining the business in 1998, Bharat Photostat made Digital Printing their key focus area and would invest heavily in Digital equipment down the years.

“Xerox has been a key partner and family for us from the very beginning,” says Abhishek. “Our relationship with the company goes far back from the first day – the first digital machine that we purchased was the Xerox DocuColor 12.” The DC12 served Bharat Photostat for six long years and provided them a perfect launch pad in the expanding digital arena.

“After DC12, we brought in Xerox Sapida which helped us to grow 20X times,” adds Abhishek.

The digital printing segment is growing at a good rate in India. There is a continued increase in demand for short runs, creative colour and design. For all these things Xerox ColorPress 1000i comes in handy for Bharat Photostat.

Key Notes : > Bharat Photostat installs a Xerox ColorPress 1000i at its Naraina shop. > Carries out 3 lakh prints on it since installation. > Generates savings of up to 40% in runs.

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Abhishek believes that there lies an opportunity for paper printing in each industry. Likewise, primarily catering to the graphic jobber market, their present operations include Digital Job Work for diverse industries. “We have a good mix of machines in our shop that can print large quantities at good speeds without compromising on quality,” he says.

Principal clientele of Bharat Photostat includes walk-ins and the key market segments it caters to currently include the likes of Export houses, Jewellers, Restaurants and Garments industry.

The family owned business is headed by Chairman SK Nangia who looks after the administration and operations. Abhishek Nangia is the MD and is responsible for everything from business growth to day to day operations. Abhishek’s wife Geeta Nangia is the Director who looks after the administration and personnel.

With a total staff strength of around 20, the company has a highly skilled workforce that receive regular realistic training from Xerox as well as other OEM engineers. “Xerox takes special care to conduct trainings during new installations, upgrades or as the need arises,” affirms Abhishek.

The Bharat Photostat shop, spread across 2200 sq. feet of space and producing over 15,000 prints

per day, has a diverse range of production engines providing Digital Printing services to customers.

They have been producing on other machines as well which include Canon and Konica Minolta.

Two Plotters – one from Kip and one from Epson complement the set up at Bharat Photostat. The latest addition to the fleet is the Xerox ColorPress 1000i which was installed in January this year.

The company recorded a turnover of 1.5 crores last year. Abhishek attributes the major part of their achievement to Xerox equipment especially the early digital machines Xerox DocuColor 12 and Xerox Sapida. “Presently, it is Xerox 1000i and Canon 10000VP that are our key growth drivers,” he says.

Equipped with these ‘excellent digital presses’, he aims a 100% growth target this year.

Deciding on Xerox ColorPress 1000i “Xerox ColorPress 1000i is my dream project and provides my company a creative and competitive edge in the market due to gold & silver ink printing,” declares Abhishek. “The fact that the press has an additional 5th colour option made this decision very easy for me,” he continues. In addition, Xerox was the pioneer in offering Metallic Gold or Silver Dry ink at rated speed.

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have done some great tag and label printing on ColorPress 1000i and are superbly happy with the results,” he adds.

“The market is growing, nonetheless, challenges such as meeting costs, competition from small machines and gray market machines exist,” points out Abhishek.

“I am making use of my 1000i for all jobs as it can convert lucrative foil stamping applications, such as invitations, certificates and business cards to short-run, high-value digital production. Multi-pass printing with clear ink adds an extra textural/dimensional feel and the “pop” of the silver and gold inks is its key differentiator,” praises Abhishek.

They are using it for printing labels, books, corporate catalogues, tags etc.

Apart from market demand, his personal thirst for creativity led him to buy the ColorPress 1000i, he says. “The Xerox ColorPress 1000i is packed with impeccable features and will definitely help us in expanding our business by producing fullcolour applications with vivid images on a wide range of paper stocks. Device includes an optional Specialty Dry Ink Station that enhances documents with metallic gold or silver dry inks or applies spot or flood creative effects with clear dry ink. This is the feature that interests me the most as it helps me and my designers get creative with respect to campaign,” explains Abhishek.

Generating huge 1000i benefits The 5th colour and gloss finish of ColorPress 1000i are the features that clearly distinguish this press from others in the market, according to Abhishek. The press has worked beautifully for Bharat Photostat’s customers. It has helped them cater to a diverse range of customer demands – be it quality or quantity.

“We are extremely pleased with the machines’ performance till date on both, quality as well as quantity. The ColorPress 1000i has helped us in achieving massive productivity and generated savings of up to 40% in runs. We have carried out 3 lakh prints on it since February this year. Equipped with the unique, stand out features along with flexibility in printing on multiple medias, we now look forward to capturing a larger share of the market,” reveals Abhishek.

“This is the only press offering gold and silver colour printing today and that makes us standout in the market for our customers. We

However, he is little worried about these challenges. He has his well equipped Bharat Photostat which can beat any challenge – present or future. The changing market demands can be met any time thanks to a balanced range of machines in their shop.

Moreover, the digital printing segment is growing at a good rate in India. There is a continued increase in demand for short runs, creative colour and design. “For all these things our Xerox ColorPress 1000i will come in handy,” he states.

Their focus is on the north markets in Delhi NCR region. They also employ runners for deliveries. Promotion is through sample copies and booklets. Customers can get a touch and feel of the quality etc. through real printed samples.

Abhishek attributes their goodwill and success primarily to Xerox, its quality and service. “We are very happy with it.

We have had a great experience since commencement with multiple Xerox devices and personnel. Xerox have been and will continue to be are trusted partners. Their sales and service support is amongst the best in the industry,” he concludes.

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E-commerce, automation and cloud for print The Internet and World Wide Web have opened up new opportunities for printing, but new challenges too.

As a new generation of people enters the workforce, they expect to be able to find and buy everything online, including print services. Printers increasingly need access to IT skills to run both internal automation and external web-to-print, but may have trouble finding or affording the right people. Cloud services are emerging as the answer to many of these needs.

Here Simon Eccles provides an overview of the current state of e-commerce, web-to-print, cloud services and automation in print, all of which were important themes at the recent drupa.

End-to end factory automation was a major theme at drupa 2016.

There was a Process Optimisations and Automation area within the drupa innovation park (dip) area. This is a continuation of decadesold trends to replace craft skills, processes and indeed employees, with computer-aided manufacturing.

Key Notes : > “Don’t touch what you can automate.

We humans make mistakes and we cost more and more.” Guy Gecht. > Web ordering together with digital printing has allowed service providers to deal directly with consumers. > So far, smartphones and tablets are rarely used in sophisticated design and imaging work intended for professional print.

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Print must adapt to the online generation For as long as there have been computers, people have thought up ways to use them in print. In today’s printing industry computers and programs (increasingly termed “apps”) are all-pervasive, from obvious uses in design, layout, imaging, web-to-print, workflow automation, MIS, accounts and invoicing, through to less overt embedded computers that monitor sensors on production machinery and make adjustments automatically.

So it was natural that as soon as the World Wide

Web made Internet access easy in the early 1990s, people would start working out how to use it for their printing business. E-commerce, meaning buying and selling online, has been increasingly important to the industry since the beginning of this century.

Now we’re seeing the development of cloud services, which shifts some production functions and storage away from local computers in printing companies, to remotely hosted services accessed over the Internet.

As the “online generation” of people born since 1990 has grown up and entered the workforce, they assume that they can find, compare, specify, order and approve all their purchases online. Print service providers who want to stay in business now have to recognise that their customer base will increasingly expect to interact and trade with them online. They may not even want human interaction through sales staff or customer relationships managers, preferring to shop around anonymously at all hours of the day.

Instead of relying on conventional sales teams on the road, printers can now reach out globally across the web, but this means learning or hiring new promotional skills such as search engine optimisation (SEO) and social media interaction.

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Yet the printing industry is still to take full advantage of this opportunity. The second drupa Global Trends Survey, published in 2014, covered the impact of the Internet on print. It consulted a worldwide panel of printers. It found that “Whilst 51% of the drupa panel had web-to-print, only 14% reported they used it to transact more than 25% of their orders.” However, in the same year, it reported that e-commerce as a whole was growing at 8% per annum in the USA, with China due to overtake it in volume terms in 2015 and to triple its volume of online trading by 2020.

The drupa expert panel also admitted to a very patchy adoption of such techniques as customer database management (just 34% used it in 2014), website analytics (23%) and social media (25%). Only 17% were using these in integrated campaigns that are demonstrably the best way to exploit these techniques.

IT and the cloud A shortfall of IT specialists was also identified by the Global Trends Survey as a limiting factor in print worldwide. The report stated: “Print is now part of the broader communications industry and printing companies need to be increasingly IT-led.

Only 23% of our drupa expert panel reported that IT expenditure had grown over the last five years and virtually all reported difficulties in recruiting adequate IT skills.”

Ever more complex automated workflows and e-commerce systems require people who can install, maintain and update hardware and software. Small to medium sized print shops may not have the time or the money to find and employ such specialists full time.

A growing solution is for systems developers to offer hosted services, often called cloud hosting. This means the developer runs and maintains all the hardware and software

At the high end of e-commerce it can mean linking to ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning). In the printing industry sense this usually means print ordering systems

themselves, usually on remote servers linked to the Internet. This allows customers access online through web browsers or small client applications. An earlier term for much the same thing was SaaS (Software as a Service).

that link directly into large ‘customers’ own’ business management systems and client databases for direct ordering of print, direct mail and any other services that the PSP offers.

This means customers can use relatively low cost computers at their own sites, with all the complex IT work and maintenance handled on remote servers “in the cloud” and delivered online. Such services are generally offered on yearly or longer contracts, though some functions or applications may only be needed temporarily, so access can be ‘rented’ for a month or so as required.

E-commerce The drupa innovation park – the ‘dip’ – in Hall 7, included an area called Web-to-Media & E-Commerce. A focus was on solutions for web-to-publish or web-to-print, e-commerce and storefront platforms, cloud publishing and web editors for design/print and HTML5.

E-commerce in printing is a wide-ranging concept that may include web-to-print (considered separately below), but it doesn’t have to. Some MIS applications have relatively simple e-commerce modules that allow customers to fill in RFQ (request for quotation) forms, to order reprints, order jobs from stock, track the status of orders and view their accounts. This is different from a full web-to-print system that allows customers to preview designs, customise them and approve soft proofs before generating PDF files that are sent to print.

As an example the French company Goaland, exhibiting in the dip, creates enterprise-level systems including Alpia, which it describes as a “product information management” system. When used with product sheets, for instance, a change in the engineering or other specifications will automatically be applied as updates to all web and print documents that include it.

Goaland’s Arsia “enterprise multichannel management” centralised content system is used to automatically generate variations of document layouts for multi-channel media.

Web-to-print There are currently more than 100 web-toprint systems available worldwide, with a good number represented at drupa. Some operate locally via servers, but increasingly they are offered as remotely hosted services, either the client-server type or as cloud services access by standard web browsers.

An example of cloud services is Gateway3D, a UK based company that exhibited in the drupa innovation park. This offers an online web-to-print service to other printers, allowing them to link their websites into product ordering, personalisation and previewing system (some items are previewed in 3D).

Apps allow printers to create their own products (from a wide range of promotional items, not just print-on-paper), add

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Many web-to-print operations offer standardised product templates that can be changed in limited ways by the customers – typically adding names and addresses and logos to pre-set business card layouts, or putting names and messages onto greetings cards.

personalisation options and manage orders.

After orders are taken, they are sent to the printing house for production and delivery.

Cloud delivery also allows small companies to gain an international reach. For instance Poland based Web2Print has been able to target international customers with its Cloud hosted Key2Print service. The service costs from €200 per month and there are about 180 international users.

There is no one definition of web-to-print.

They all allow end-user customers to access a print service provider via web browsers.

Some are B2C (business-to-consumer) storefronts, aimed at consumers and “casual” business customers, usually offering a range of standardised photo products, business cards and other business stationery that can be customised, previewed and paid for online.

Other web-to-print systems are set up for B2B (business to business), often intended for regular customers of a PSP. They will usually be set up with a range of the customers’ own jobs that can be customised, say for individual employees or departments, or shops or restaurants in a chain.

Another possibility is called B2B2C (business-to-business-to-consumer). Here a printer sets up websites that are branded on behalf of a customer (for example a school), which in turn sells print services (in this example to parents ordering yearbooks or personalised greetings cards).

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Fully flexible online design and layout facilities used to be difficult to develop, but can now be purchased ready-made.

For example Belgium’s CHILI publish has developed CHILI publisher, now at version 5.0, which offers sophisticated layout and composition tools similar to standard design tools like Adobe InDesign or QuarkXPress, but accessed through a web browser. This can be integrated into web-to-print products to give a design element.

Alternatively companies can use it to add a web facility to more conventional design systems. An example is Esko WebCenter, which uses CHILI editor to allow end users and customers to edit packaging designs online through a browser.

Consumer-facing sites Web ordering together with digital printing has allowed service providers to deal directly with consumers. Digital presses and wide format inkjet have been the enabling production technologies, but web-to-print has been the sales tool that reaches out to consumers to allow them to do things with their photographs and digital images that they’d never previously have imagined.

In the late 1990s and early 2000s it looked as if home photo printers would be the norm and replace labs, but consumers quickly learned that colour management wasn’t easy, and buying inks in tiny cartridges was horribly expensive. Instead, lower prices due to economies of scale, plus a wide range of products, have kept specialist online photo service providers in business and thriving.

It’s very likely that the overblown claims for home 3D printing will go the same way. The desktop 3D printers may be cheap, but they are slow and each can only output a very limited range of materials. Working with 3D modelling programs isn’t easy either. So it’s likely that those people who do need 3D objects to be printed will use 3D service bureaux and order their objects online.

Today, typical examples of customisable products include highly personalised wedding albums and yearbooks, canvas prints, calendars, mugs, placemats, T-shirts, photo blocks and greeting cards. Specialist sports sites may offer customised footballs, skis and snowboards, skateboards, helmets and other similar.

The range of products will continue to be extended. It is already possible to order custom printed wallpapers, home furnishings and even ceramic tiles, which architects and retailers are starting to utilise, although the consumer market hasn’t really caught up with this trend. Customised garment decoration is also bound to grow beyond today’s T-shirts, sportswear and workwear.

Today’s biggest users of web-to-print are the big consumer-facing (B2C) operations such as Moonpig (greetings cards), Vistaprint (a huge range from stationery to mugs), CeWe and Harrier (mainly photo-based products).

Visitors to drupa 2016 saw plenty of webto-print service providers. These include Cimpress, the US based parent company of online print services giant Vistaprint, as well as other brands. The company has been on the acquisition trail in recent years, spending more than 300 million Euros. Purchases include the Italian pixartprinting and UK Tradeprint. Both offer online print services.

Also web-to-print developers including the French Exagroup, Austrian druck.at and most recently the German WIRmachenDRUCK. Cimpress says the strategy is to build a mass customisation platform (MCP) that it brings to market via focused brands.

The largest service providers have developed their own online trading software.

However, there are off-the-shelf solutions, notably UK based Taopix with its Portfolio software and emerging competitors such as the US Pixami, and the UK Pixfizz and InfigoMegaEdit Photo.

Mobile futures Even in areas with no fixed telephone or data wires, mobile phone technology can access Internet and web data services via the 3G and faster 4G standards. This may also happen even in territories with developed telecoms infrastructure. In April 2015 the US National Telecommunications and Information Administration reported that 20%

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of US households access all their Internet over mobile networks rather than fixed wires.

This proportion was doubled since 2013.

versions of their user interfaces and to use HTML5 rather than Flash, as the latter won’t work on Apple’s iOS devices.

a few third partner partners’ workflows), finally leading to warehousing, fulfilment and shipping.

The proposed 5G technology, likely to arrive in the next decade, should allow huge improvements in bandwidth (up to 1 Gigabit per second) through more numerous, very small and easy to install transmission points.

If the price is right for 5G access, it may replace the need for fixed lines altogether, except for the heaviest users.

Automation

In the dip, Essen based i1BOX showed automation in a box, installing a preconfigured maintenance-free server at print sites to handle data and job management, CRM, e-mail, groupware, file sharing and asset management.

So far, smartphones and tablets are rarely used to create or handle sophisticated design and imaging work intended for professional print. Printing simpler documents such as reports and forms directly from mobile devices (including smartphones and tablets) is seen as desirable by both home and workplace use, but it remains very difficult according to the InfoTrends report (Mobile Devices and the Impact on Print, 2015). The problem is primarily to do with connectivity, it concludes, though this only considers direct output to local printers rather than web-to-print ordering.

Most web-to-print operates through browsers, where tablets are little different to desktop and laptop computers. PSPs may wish to consider creating small-screen

End-to end factory automation was a major theme at drupa 2016. There was a Process Optimisations and Automation area within the drupa innovation park (dip) area. This is a continuation of decades-old trends to replace craft skills, processes and indeed employees, with computer-aided manufacturing.

In the current jargon, the goal is to reduce “touch points,” where human operators have to literally handle parts of the job or its production machinery, or to enter data and instructions. “Don’t touch what you can automate,” said EFI’s CEO Guy Gecht at a recent user event in Las Vegas. “We humans make mistakes and we cost more and more.”

EFI stressed integration and automation across the whole print process at drupa.

Its Productivity Suite is a range of products that it has linked and certified that they will work together. These start with campaign management and cross-media marketing, through web to print and e-commerce, costing, estimating, scheduling and all the other MIS functions, then onto its Fiery production server based workflows (plus

A German government initiative called Industrie 4.0 promotes computerisation to produce the “smart factory”. This has inspired several “4.0” exhibits within drupa and Print 4.0 an entire digital workflow was set up throughout every hall. An example at the dip was Rogler Software, which worked with the University of Luxembourg to develop “Industrie 4.0” features for its ERP solution, though it predicts to be also relevant for small to medium sized companies. It uses autonomous intelligent software agents to recognise patterns in large data sets and determines the cheapest, fastest or safest production methods. This represents a “chance to shift the competitive balance in favour of high-wage European countries by realising savings and, as a result of this, to maintain or re-establish production in Europe”, says managing director Hannes Rogler.

KBA-Sheetfed Solutions’ KBA 4.0 proposes a networked print factory in which products, presses and tools are continuously exchanging information via wireless chips and sensors. Some information is gathered centrally by KBA from multiple sites and pooled to detect patterns for the development of predictive maintenance.

Likewise Muller Martini, with its automated concept that it calls Finishing 4.0, demonstrated “touchless workflows” at drupa, for example automatic imposition for digital printing as well as the company’s own Sigmaline automated digital book production lines.

The drupa’s of 2000 and 2004 were very much taken up with the promise of linking production machines together with what emerged as JDF. Although the original goal of ‘plug-and-play’ has receded into the distance, today JDF is the standard for production data interchange between plate making, printing and finishing.

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Current progress was demonstrated at drupa

by CIP4, the industry-wide operation that develops JDF through sector committees.

“Automation and optimisation are topics that are not only current, but they are also essential objectives to accomplish in order for print service providers to thrive in today’s print marketplace,” says Julie Watson, spokesperson for CIP4.

any computer via browsers and the like, collecting data from shop floor, bar-code readers and delivering job lists to operators via low cost terminals.

Ricoh brings something similar to PrintOS called TotalFlow Cloud Suite, which is a hosted portfolio of subscription software services comprising Ricoh’s own and approved third party products.

them to buy functions and components from other users.

In conclusion, drupa 2016 demonstrated the ever-increasing importance of process automation at every stage of a print factory’s operations, together with the way it’s possible to reach out to customers through e-commerce and web-to-print, developing new products and services along the way.

Cloudy automation Inevitably, the cloud is being adopted for print automation too. At drupa HP revealed PrintOS – not an operating system, but rather a set of cloud-based services and apps for HP Indigo and other digital press users.

One of the first systems available on HP PrintOS is OneFlow. This is a production management system for printers, covering high volume order submissions for B2C, brand managing, retailing, production workflow, despatch and shipping. It runs in the cloud, so can be accessed by

Hybrid Software, a Belgian based workflow integrations specialist, introduced ‘Cloudflow Share’ at drupa, a web-based workflow that connects multiple local workflows and offers pre-press functions. Also new was MyCloudflow, which lets companies purchase cloud-based capacity rather than buying a license and configuring their own system.

Enfocus, whose Switch technology allows users to build their own workflows, introduced an EnfocusAppstore that allows

About the author Simon Eccles is a print industry expert whose entry into the industry coincided with the desktop publishing and digital pre-press revolutions and throughout his career he has specialised in explaining these and subsequent developments of digital photography and digital printing. Over the years he has been editor of eight industry publications. Today he writes white papers and technical reports and contributes regular technical features (including drupa analyses) to many publications.

Konica Minolta bizhub PRO 1100 offers robust profitability to printing business Konica Minolta has been able to set a distinctive position in the Production Printing Market in India. Among its versatile product portfolio bizhub PRO 1100 is one such product which outperforms in diverse business environments. The bizhub PRO 1100 series is a workhorse monochrome digital printing press, ideal for central in-house printing departments, external print-for-pay services, education, government agencies and high volume statements and bills printing. The bizhub PRO 1100 possesses the reliability and precision required of on-demand printing systems.

At the same time, its refined operability increases productivity in a variety of applications, from professional use (printing companies) to centralized reprographics departments.

Featuring a fast, high-productivity system for a quick turnaround of large jobs, the bizhub PRO 1100 is capable of printing 100 pages per minute (ppm) with high print quality of up to 1,200 dpi. The machine can handle expected average volumes of between 150,000 and 300,000 prints and peaks up to 2.2 million black and white prints per month.

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LPPs in the market for an entry level price. In addition, bizhub PRO 1100 comes equipped with a simultaneous double-sided colour scanning technology able to scan up to speeds of 180 opm (originals per minute).

The bizhub PRO 1100 is the first production printing device from Konica Minolta to support the bizhub OP (Open Platform) open platform technology. It is a new user-friendly open developer platform that contains an OpenAPI communication system, allowing application developers to create applications that communicate with the bizhub PRO 1100.

The platform allows the use of third-party applications for accounting, authentication or scan-routing applications.

As an ideal entry product to digital black & white printing, the bizhub PRO 1100 paves the way for new business opportunities. With it, one will accomplish more print jobs in the shop and meet tightest deadlines with ease thus diversifying the business and looking into a bright future.

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Sixth KBA Rapida for Grafobal 28 metres of high-tech sheetfed offset in Skalica

Following successful installations of KBA sheetfed offset presses in other print companies belonging to the Slovakian Grafobal group, whose operations are spread over several Eastern European countries and cover numerous other segments beside the core competency in packaging, the first KBA Rapida 106 has now been taken into operation at the Grafobal headquarters in Skalica. The configuration of this 28-metre high-tech press, with its 13 printing, coating and dryer units, is unique in Slovakia – and no less remarkable far beyond the local borders.

Nine printing units are followed by a coater, two dryer towers, a second coater and a triple-length extended delivery with installation space for further dryers. This is at first sight a typical double-coater press for conventional, UV or mixed operation in the high-quality printing and finishing of folding carton products. Accordingly, the Rapida is also equipped with board-handling accessories and customerspecific pile logistics facilities, while a 675 mm plinth enables the use of higher piles when printing thick substrates.

With nine printing units, two coaters, two dryer towers and production speeds up to 18,000 sph, the highly automated Rapida 106 in Skalica combines ultimate productivity with an optimum range of print and finishing options.

18,000 sheets/hour with 13 units Much less common for such a long press, however, is the enormous output of up to 18,000 sheets per hour

with the HighSpeed package. One of the features which makes this possible is the extremely precise, sidelay-free SIS infeed (Sensoric Infeed System), which is only to be found on KBA Rapidas. Similarly standard for the Rapida 106, in contrast to many other medium-format presses of this category, is the consistent implementation of a dedicated drive concept at the feeder, with separate motors for the feeder head and feed table. In combination with the special Venturi sheet guiding system, highperformance VariDry dryers and a dynamic sheet brake in the delivery, these technical details lay the foundation for optimum print quality even at high speeds.

Job changeover at the press of a button High net outputs are dependent not just on high production speeds, but especially on fast makeready.

The job changeover program of the Rapida 106 ensures that all selected changeover processes are performed automatically and in optimised sequence.

The LogoTronic Professional software enables the data and corresponding press settings for the next job to be loaded into the ErgoTronic console while the current production is still running. The actual job changeover can then be started with a single press of a button.

Key Notes : > Already runs several KBA sheetfed offset presses. > First Rapida 106 taken into operation at grafobal headquarters. > Extremely precise sidelay-free SIS infeed enable 18000sph speed of Rapidas.

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Impressive and unique in Slovakia: The 28-metre long 13-unit Rapida 106 at Grafobal

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The highly automated Rapida 106 in Skalica

For over ten years now, the magic word for fast job changeovers on the makeready world champion press Rapida 106 has been “simultaneous”. In the meantime, other manufacturers have also started to use this term, though users must remain wary as to exactly what it is intended to describe. For the Rapida 106 in Skalica, the situation is unambiguous: Thanks to the DriveTronic SPC (Simultaneous Plate Change) direct drive technology on the plate cylinders, the plates can be changed in all nine printing units at the same time. KBA Plate Ident reads a data matrix code to identify the mounted plates and can thus monitor their correct positioning and order. Parallel to this, i.e. without any loss of time, the blankets and impression cylinders can be washed with the CleanTronic Multi system.

Another important function which contributes to fast makeready in folding carton production using a large number of different colours is the washing system DriveTronic SRW for the ink rollers in printing units 1, 2, 7, 8 and 9. If any of these units are not required for the current job, the rollers can already be washed down during production.

Time-consuming ink changes between jobs thus become a thing of the past. Fast job changeovers are not limited to just the printing units, however. One of the coaters incorporates an AniloxLoader system for automated anilox roller changes without physical stress for the operator. Three anilox rollers are held in a magazine directly on the coater. This system, too, is unique in Slovakia.

Finishing diversity A double-coater press permits a multitude of coating effects. All the more so when it is equipped not only with supply circuits for dispersion and UV coatings, but also with provisions for special coating types such as gold, silver and Iriodin. The outputs of the IR/hot-air intermediate dryers and the VariDryBLUE IR, hot-air and UV dryers in the triple-length extended delivery are adapted to handle these applications. The VariDryBLUE final dryers are particularly efficient, as the hot air delivered to the initial segments is subsequently recirculated for drying in the rest of the delivery. The benefits of repeated heat use are especially evident in an airconditioned hall.

Controlled quality For printers of highly demanding packaging, e.g. for cigarettes, continuous quality control is an absolute must. On the Rapida 106, a camera system enables the operator to stay abreast of what is happening inside the press. The on-press measuring and control system QualiTronic Professional uses inline measurements to evaluate every single sheet and to detect possible defects in the printed image. If necessary, the inking can be corrected and expensive waste is reduced to a minimum. The customer can also be offered a detailed quality report. Further systems which help the operator to monitor print quality are ErgoTronic ColorControl for the measurement of ink densities and L*a*b* values, and ErgoTronic ACR for register evaluation.

Job changeover at the press of a button is just one of the many possibilities at the modern ErgoTronic console

The operators are visibly happy with their new press

In addition to its primary function of simultaneous plate changing, the SPC system can also be used to adjust the print length. This practical function is a highly valued means to further enhance product quality.

Convenience and efficiency at the console The operator-friendly ErgoTronic console enables convenient and efficient press handling. All functions are accessed and controlled intuitively via the TouchTronic interface, which never requires more than two taps on the console touchscreen.

The program “One-Button Job Change” accelerates job changes by optimising the sequence of individual process steps. The “FastInkUp” function, on the other hand, is able to reduce start-up waste by up to 40 per cent; the last sheets of a job are used to reduce the old ink profile on the rollers, and the inking unit comes into colour faster with the new profile. The operator is presented a clearly arranged job list with information on ink coverage, visualisation of the ink profiles and preview images. The coverage data of the individual jobs facilitate determination of an optimum job sequence to minimise startup waste and makeready time.

The sixth installation of a Rapida press in a company of the Grafobal group underlines KBA’s strong position in packaging print.

This applies not only in KBA’s dominant large formats area but also in the highly competitive medium-format segment. Proof is furnished not least by a recent stream of installations with packaging customers on the Czech and Slovakian markets. But not only the packaging segment is convinced – commercial and book printers are equally appreciative of the practice-oriented automation and high production output of the KBA Rapidas.

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PackPlus 2016 flooded with 17136 visitors at New Delhi 30 percent bigger show attracts 30 percent more visitors It was not only pouring rain at Delhi but also pouring visitors at PackPlus’ ninth edition that recorded a footfall of 17136. The event happened at PragatiMaidan, New Delhi from 27 – 30 July, 2016.

Over 325 exhibitors including International and foreign companies rubbing shoulders with domestic giants and start-ups had an element of interest for every visitor. The more than 200 running machines of different applications and several innovations and product launches had the veteran attendees also riveted.

Leading players in all the traditional segments reported strong enquiries and deals. Ishida India,Nichrome, Bosch, Hayssen Flexible Systems, Uflex, Hilda Automation, Parle Global and many others confirmed unprecedented response. Pelican, Uflex, SP Ultraflex, Expert, Sudha and others were flush with enquiries. Kody and C Trivedi and company reported closing several deals on venue sales.

Other leading companies those showcased latest innovations in the industry included AKR Machinery, Autoprint Machinery Manufacturers, Decorative Sleeves, EATON Global Link Impex, Kalpvrux Converting Products, Intralox India, Janatics India, MGM-VARVEL Power Transmission, Multilayer Industries, Packraft Container India, Shrink Packaging Systems, Clearpack India, Domino Printech India and Zhongke India.

Visitors got an opportunity to experience the running machines and have one-onone interaction with the representatives from international companies like Beijing Weiermake Electronic Technology – China, BOIX MAQUINARIA S.L., CKD Corporation – Singapore, eWon S.A., Honey Shield Emballeurs, Jung Won Machinery – Korea, Labthink Instruments – China, Mainpack Industrial – Taiwan, Ningbo Zhongda Leader Intelligent Transmission – China, Pack-Smart and Sharjah Airport International - Free Zone Authority.

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4.0 was a special attraction. Packaging machines being a vital part of the production process in the consumer goods industry are being automated smartly and are capable of resolving break downs accurately and faster. It represented the shift towards new wave automation technologies that provided clear diagnostic and remedial strategies, highlighting the Next Generation Automation, Flexible Packaging, Open & Smart HMI, Integrated & Vision Guided Robotics and Vision System for Quality.

In the background of the booming Carton Converting business, the debut of CaronTech

was greeted with enthusiasm by the visitors.

As a result, Zhongke India, Autoprint, APL Machinery, Sodhisons, Ample Graphics and Xhuai India were among the busiest stands and also generated serious enquiries and business. HP had unique presentations for the Brand Owners on setting new standards for their brands with the use of Digital Printing.

SupplyPlus featured distribution, warehousing, bulk pack, logistics & AIDC and was visited by supply chain, logistics and distribution professionals from the processed food, agro-produce,

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pharmaceuticals, personal care, FMCG, household durables, modern retail and other industries. Companies like Star Flex International, Shiv Engineering, Ferreterro India, Leap India, NilkamalBito Storage Systems, Nilkamal Nitta Corporation India and Toshi Automatic Systems presented their products at the Show.

The Packaging Product Pavilion occupied the entire Hall no12 and was expectedly looking the most vibrant with arrays of packages ranging from labels, decorative sleeves, tin containers, cartons and other specialised products. Ajanta Print Arts, A & A Labels, Anil Agencies, Any Graphics, Flexituff International, Glisten Tins, Pragati Pack, Pearl Polymers et al. were pleased with the large presence of the brand owners. The Flexible Packaging Converting machinery suppliers, without exception, were busy attending to the steady flow of converters.

“We have been exhibiting from past nine years and thought the show was at its peak last year when we saw humongous number of visitors inquiring but this year it had been even better as we got more active queries which we are sure we would turn into deals.

We look forward to PackPlus’17 and believe that it will bring even more opportunities

to us,” said Sofiya Sheikh from Hilda Automation.

“PackPlus is a platform where one not only gets to see the latest technology from across the world but also gets to network with people from the packaging industry.

We never miss a single edition as the show has always been very beneficial for us,” said Rajesh Lalwani, a visitor from Pioneer Packers, New Delhi.

On the third day of the Show, International Packaging Conclave took place with the theme-Print Optimisation & Colour

Management for Flexible Packaging.

20+ experts from the industry came together for a daylong session where more than 200 delegates including brand owners, package converters, packaging technologists, procurement professionals, print specialists, QA, managers, pre‐press & media professionals, designers, material & equipment suppliers and consultants attended. The programme was produced in partnership with leading industry players including Windmoller&Holscher, Dupont, Kodak, Siegwerks, Esko Graphics and Xrite.

“It was a good insight on print optimisation and colour management. Many new technologies which are yet to come to India and we aren’t aware about were discussed on this platform. Ifin future we want to set up these technologies, we have an insight about it and hence it also becomes a roadmap for us,” said Shweta Uppal, delegate from Jindal Poly Films.

“The show has been growing over 30 percent year-on-year, since our return to Pragati Maidan in 2014. We expect the trend to continue next year and will have the coming edition spread over Hall 8 to 12 A in a gross area of over 16000 Sqm,” revealed Neetu Arora, Director, Print-Packaging.com, the organisers of the Show.

PackPlus 2017 will be held from 3-6 August, 2017 at PragatiMaidan, New Delhi.

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Monotech Systems to represent Labelmen Machinery in India India’s one-stop solutions provider for printing and packaging industry, Monotech Systems tied up with Taiwan based Labelmen Machinery to market a wide range of products that include rotary-letterpress, intermittent offset press, letterpress and diecut equipment in India. The association took place at drupa 2016, Dusseldorf.

Currently Monotech Systems offers an extensive range of products for labels and packaging market. The product range includes Industrial Inkjet Systems for Variable Data Printing, Label Converting, Brand Protection, Track and Trace solutions from its made in India brand JETSCI. It also offers a wide range of conventional and Hybrid Flexo presses from its partner Focus Label Machinery.

product portfolio and offering to the Indian customers.”

which can truly meet customers’ printing requirements.

Labelmen is specialized in manufacturing of Rotary Letter Press, Offset Press, Die-Cutting and Letter Press. According to short-run printing with high variety and cost down requirements. Labelmen designs with more humane technology such as CNC One Touch Make-Ready Design, Ani-Print Inking System and Remote Monitoring and Diagnosing

Chin-Shiung, Chairman, Labelmen Machinery says, “We are delighted to be associated with a promising brand Monotech Systems who are representing us in India. Obviously, India is a huge market and with their extensive expertise and reach in labels and packaging segment will give us a way ahead to have the strong presence.”

T. P. Jain, Managing Director, Monotech Systems says, “Having a strong presence in Inkjet, Labels and Packaging segment, Labelmen is the right partner in the fastest growing and never ending segment. With constant development efforts to make better, faster products for labels and packaging industry, Labelmen’s wide range of products will be a privilege for us to have in our

Flint launches UV LED lamp retrofit conversion solution for sheetfed Flint Group has launched VANTAGE LED. The full suite of products and services included in VANTAGE LED consists of preconversion consulting and training, dedicated LED inks and coatings, matching pressroom chemicals and blankets, plus full customer support during and after conversion. At the heart of the system are EcoLUX LED lamps supplied by Air Motion Systems, the top provider of LED UV technology to the

VANTAGE LED offers reassurance to users of legacy UV methods, and is particularly beneficial for those printers who have had no exposure to UV curing methods but are keen to take advantage of the considerable benefits of LED. Flint Group’s technical team will walk each individual customer through the process, step-by-step, to ensure the full potential of UV LED technology is realised in every case.

sheetfed offset industry.

UV LED curing is taking off with sheetfed commercial printers who want to offer faster turnarounds and expand the range of substrates they can print on, as well as existing UV curing printers looking to reduce their energy consumption and remove heat and ozone from their process.

UV LED for sheetfed printers offers many benefits including – • The printed sheets are dry immediately • Spray powder is eliminated

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• In many cases oil-based or waterbased overprint varnishes and coatings used for protection are no longer needed, resulting in material and energy cost savings.

Jim Buchanan, Global UV Business Development Director for Flint Group Packaging & Narrow Web, comments: “LED curing technology will change sheetfed offset printing forever; there is no doubt. VANTAGE LED has been developed to ensure those wishing to convert to LED curing can do so with confidence in a very short space of time. Our expert print technicians will audit an operation in the first instance and a full cost-benefit analysis will follow; a press can be converted in as little as one day. We have seen a staggering increase in factory-fitted LED presses, but the process of converting existing presses to LED, with retro-fitted lamp systems, allows printers a fast track to the benefits this technology brings.”

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Cosmo Films launches a BOPP film for cement bag protection Cosmo Films, manufacturer of speciality BOPP films, has recently launched its special BOPP film that enhances moisture resistance of cement bags. This film is used for laminating block bottom cement bags which are made of woven PP material. The product is already in commercial use and finding traction with major cement brands.

Indian cement industry has been struggling with a sizeable spoilage of total cement packed due to moisture and associated lump formation. The special film launched

by Cosmo, not only provides additional protection to the contents inside by adding moisture barrier, but also enhances the print quality of the printed material making it more appealing for the consumer. Being a 100% polyolefin structure, it is environment friendly and would further enhance the reusability of the bag.

Cosmo’s polypropylene based film bonds really well with the woven PP fabric and,

also takes microperforation/nano embossing well. The laminated bag has excellent heat seal & hot tack properties and displays excellent machinability. Apart from the cement bags & other building materials, these laminated bags could be used to pack variety of staples such as rice, flour, sugar etc; pet foods; fertilizers and chemicals.

Commenting on the development, Mr Pankaj Poddar, CEO Cosmo Films said “India is world’s second largest cement producer after China with production estimates of approx 300 million tonnes per annum with production figures estimated to reach 407 million tonnes p.a by FY17. With only 15% of the cement being packed in block bottom bags, there is a huge potential in converting these bags into laminated ones

and upgrading the traditional PP stitched bags as well. Laminated bags have already done well in Pakistan and Bangladesh and consumption is already on the rise in Indian market.”

Cosmo Films is one of the leading manufacturers of Bi-axially Oriented Polypropylene (BOPP) films used for packaging, labels and lamination applications. The company is the largest exporter of BOPP films from India and is also the largest producer of thermal lamination films with plant cum distribution centres in India, Japan, Korea & the U.S and global channel partners in more than fifty countries.

Greiner Packaging establishes JV with Century Ultrapack Greiner Packaging, broadening its international footprint further, has expanded in India by making Greiner Packaging India Pvt. Ltd. – a joint venture with Century Ultrapack. The New Delhi-based Century is one of the leading providers of plastic packaging in the Indian dairy industry.

Greiner Packaging has acquired majority ownership.

early on in the region. This expansion allows us to systematically pursue our globalization strategy and gives us even more opportunities to respond to the wishes of customers from abroad,” says Axel Kühner, chairman of Greiner Group. The acquisition reflects the company’s medium-term strategy to grow beyond the borders of Europe in the future.

The deal comes close on the heels of its expansion in Turkey last year. “We see a very high development and growth potential in India, where food packaging is concerned.

It is important for us to take a leading role

The joint venture will be offering Greiner Packaging’s high quality products with improved supply to large multinational customers in the country. The existing infrastructure will be further modernized focusing on product quality, safety and hygiene. The company plans to expand its production capacities significantly by investing in most modern technologies in the first year.

and the utmost strength in innovation,” says Manfred Stanek, CEO of Greiner Packaging International.

Century Ultrapack was established in 1980 and is owned by the Bajaj family. With an employee strength of 135, the company is one of the leading suppliers of plastic packaging in the Indian dairy industry. To date, it has most notably been supplying customers such as Mother Dairy, Amul and Pepsico. Its portfolio includes over 250 different packaging products, mainly for milk products and ice cream.

“This new partnership in India underlines the successful international path that we are currently moving along together with Greiner Packaging. Customers of both companies will profit in the region in the future, thanks to an efficient international site network, supply reliability, technology advancement,

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Lake Image Systems wins a MUST SEE ’EM Award for the 3rd consecutive year standard web vision systems, automatically inspects 100% of the web. It prevents spiraling production costs, resulting from printing errors and helps to mitigate potentially crippling business risks.

Must See ’Em awards honour the most compelling technologies that impact the industry in the coming year. Lake Image Systems has been awarded a GraphExpo 2016 MUST SEE ’EM, within the Color Management and Quality Control category, for the third year running. This year the accolade is for Discovery Roll Inspector, an all in one print inspection system for web printers.

Discovery Roll Inspector is an all in one, cost effective and high performance in-line print quality inspection system that, unlike

“We’re especially proud and honoured to win such a prestigious award for the third consecutive year,” said Scott Stevens, President for Lake Image Systems. “We have always tried to instill an innovative, customer focused culture within our company and these awards clearly reflect that our strategy is on the right course and is delivering real benefits for our customers.”

Graph Expo visitors will get a unique insight into how the Roll Inspector can meet the integrity and print inspection needs of realworld applications. Furthermore, for a limited time, the Roll Inspector is being offered on a cost effective, click based pricing model which makes it affordable to all owners of web printers.

Discovery Roll Inspector and previous

winners of the Must See Ems award, Discovery Enterprise (2014) and Discovery Maxscan (2015), will be shown at the Lake Image booth during Graph Expo, which takes place Sept. 25 – 28 at Florida.

VINSAK to unveil new USAR at Label Expo India 2016 VINSAK will be unveiling its latest Label Slitting & Rewinding machine – USAR at Label Expo India 2016 which will take place in Mid-November.

VINSAK USAR mirrors VINSAK’s strong R&D. The solution was launched in summer 2016 and is currently available as a Slitter

Rewinder with major add-ons like in register Cutting, Missing Label Detection by 100%, Inspection camera and Variable Data Printing option enabling converters optimize operations and maximise profits. The equipment is easy to operate with minimum downtime and high speeds of 220 metres/ minute. With all the major components servo motor driven, USAR comes as a highly automated machine featuring Hydra Jack to maintain equal die-cut pressure. Its HMI Display optimizes job setups.

“We have recently installed a Vinsak USAR slitter rewinder with a re-register die cutting system to cater to our demands of selfadhesive labels in our market. We found the USAR extremely user friendly, easy to set up and able to accurately die cut in register preprinted rolls. Since we currently do not

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use online die cutting facilities on our web presses, this equipment has been extremely useful in opening up a new segment for us in the market and expand our sales.

Coupled with the good support from VINSAK, we think it has been a wise investment for our organization and will add value to the bouquet of products we are able to offer our customers,” said Mr Joy Mathews.

To know more about VINSAK USAR and other Label Printing and Finishing solutions from VINSAK visitors may visit the company’s and its associate partners’ stands at Label Expo India (November 17-20, India Expo Center, Greater Noida).

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Esko to showcase latest Kongsberg X cutting table at IndiaCorr Expo Esko will be showcasing its new and latest Kongsberg X24 cutting table at IndiaCorr Expo 2016 show (booth A60) that takes place from 8th to 10th September in Mumbai.

The Kongsberg X series is a cutting table that offers value, reliability, precision and ease of use at an attractive investment level for companies in carton and corrugation that produce samples, packaging, displays and mock-ups and other packaging specific markets looking to complement their offerings with productive digital finishing.

At IndiaCorr Expo, Esko will demonstrate the Kongsberg X24 cutting table for Carton & Corrugation sample making, short run production of mock-ups and other packaging applications. The Kongsberg X series sign cutting machine comes with a wide range of specialty tools. These tools offer speed, power and flexibility to automatically handle a wide variety of materials, such as corrugated, folding carton, solid board, foam, coating

blankets, wood and a long list of plastics. i-cut Suite is software that lets sign & display companies streamline their workflows. It preflights and edits incoming PDF files, ensuring that jobs will RIP and print correctly.

It also helps build and edit sheet layouts, ensuring that jobs make the optimum use of substrates through intelligent true shape nesting and tiling. Kongsberg table technology ensures that die-less cutting

are automated in a single workflow, with less operator intervention. In a more commoditized market, sign & display shops are also realizing that unique 3D display projects offer higher margins. More and more companies are investing in ArtiosCAD for structural design. ArtiosCAD has an extensive library of resizable display designs to help designers so they do not have to start from scratch designing new displays.

contours match printed images perfectly, registering the actual dimensions and positioning cuts on the printed result. With Automation Engine, all of these functions

Mark Andy to introduce Digital One Label Press The new Mark Andy brings digital printing with in-line converting to everyday converters Mark Andy will debut Digital One, a new entry-level digital printing and converting label press. Designed to print short run prime labels with in-line converting at an unprecedented low investment level, Digital One is an ideal solution to introduce digital printing to any business. The press will make its debut at Labelexpo Americas 2016.

The new all-in-one press offering 4-colour CMYK digital process at a 1200 x 1200 dpi resolution on a pay-as-you-go model combined with a single flexo station for inline converting and decorating, promises to deliver a profitable solution for the growing demand for short run. The standardized configuration features a web width of 13 inch (330mm) with printing speeds reaching

63 fpm (19mpm) on various substrates including pressure sensitive paper and film, unsupported paper and tag stocks. The servo-driven flexo station offers capabilities to spot colour, varnish, laminate, and cold foil with in-line finishing offering die cutting, stripping and slitting capabilities.

Equipped with air cooled UV LED curing and an onboard compressor, Digital One requires only a 220v single phase power source, making it an easy installation in most any environment. It provides converters with a simple, compact solution to support the increasing demands for reduced costs, shorter delivery times and smaller run sizes, and offers the flexibility to manage job mix more efficiently, maximizing high productivity on flexo machines and resulting in more profits.

Mark Andy Manager of Business Development, Tim Brasher, believes that the Digital One will go hand-in-hand with the company’s strategic growth initiatives, providing superior, productive digital solutions to a wider range of markets and

converters. “This extension of our robust product line reinforces the Mark Andy commitment to being a Total Solutions Partner to the label and packaging market.

Demands for digital capabilities are steadily increasing,” explained Brasher, “Digital One is a viable solution for converters allowing them to engage with more customers and seek more opportunities to generate revenue for their businesses.”

Brasher said that Labelexpo Americas will be a big event for the new press. “Labelexpo will be the worldwide commercial debut for Digital One. Demonstrating ease of use with simple in-line converting and decorating, it will prove to be an affordable and approachable digital solution ideal for prime label production.”

Digital One will join a newly designed Performance Series P7, Digital Series hybrid solution along with Rotoflex HSI, VLI and VSI finishing solutions live at Labelexpo Americas. Deliveries of Digital One outside North America will be in Q1 2017.

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Martin Charles and roland printer ensure viewers believe in ghostbusters Do the monumental task of making the sets look real and bringing the creepy characters to life Ghostbusters – a 2016 reboot of the classic 1984 supernatural action/comedy film – opened on July 15. In the new version, an all-female ghost-busting team take on a massive number of slimy ghosts and ghouls threatening to take over New York City. In addition to all the CGI movie magic needed to bring these creepy characters to life, making the sets look real was a monumental task. To help bring the set to life, the film’s producers called on graphic designer Martin Charles. Using his talent and Roland wideformat printer, Charles gave an authentic look to everything from faux building walls and surface textures to the street signs, labels and bottles in the Ghostbusters’ lab.

Charles, the founder of Santa Monica-based SagaBoy Productions is no stranger to Hollywood circles. He has helped design and create realistic sets for more than 50 feature films and television productions, including movies such as “42,” “Public Enemies,” “Love and Other Drugs,” “Charlie Wilson’s War,” and the HBO hit series “The Newsroom.” However, producing the wide variety of detailed sets for Ghostbusters, which ranged from mid-town hotels to Times Square to haunted mansions, definitely required the best his skills and equipment had to offer.

“Rebooting this legendary movie franchise was a great opportunity and an intriguing challenge,” said Charles. “We needed to preserve all the familiar graphic elements while bringing in a few modern twists.”

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Charles worked closely with Production Designer Jefferson Sage to create all of the different settings needed for the film.

Recreating the bustling New York City streets required designing and producing commercial signage, wall wraps, street signs and posters, as well as the wraps needed to transform ordinary vehicles into NYC taxi cabs, NYPD cruisers and EMS emergency vehicles. For the film’s interior shots, he produced posters, signs, labels, wallpaper and wraps that simulated marble and other surfaces.

“It all translated into an incredible amount of work,” noted Charles, “Fortunately, my Roland inkjets allowed me to print just about anything you can imagine on the set quickly and easily. That was crucial in meeting the tight deadlines dictated by the Ghostbusters shooting schedule. I also relied on the help of two additional graphic experts – Stephanie Charbonneau and Kelly Hemenway – to get the job done.”

To produce the full range of graphics needed for the film, Charles employed a 64-inch Roland SOLJET Pro 4 XR-640 large-format colour printer/cutter and Roland Eco-Sol MAX 2 inks. “Having a product like the Roland, which can handle all of our graphics needs, is a huge plus,” he said. “In addition to providing stellar quality production, the XR640 has built-in printing and contour cutting capability, so with one machine, we can do it all. The Eco-Sol MAX 2 inks helped ensure outstanding results as well, allowing us to hit

the colour mark every time and achieve fine close-up details, which were often required for Ghostbusters.”

For scenes that included a re-created Times Square and simulated rock concert, Charles produced photo images, backlit signage and images, billboard banners, and a variety of smaller signs. This output was printed on a range of materials, including artist canvas, varying weights of vinyl media, photo paper, poster paper and adhesive fabric. To set the backdrop for one interior scene, Charles even needed to produce over 3,000 square feet of printed wallpaper graphics.

In total, Charles worked for close to eight months on Ghostbusters, including a four-month shoot. When designing each set, Charles worked backwards from the shoot date, allotting time for the appropriate approvals from the designer and director.

“I wouldn’t do any movie without my Roland,” Charles stated. “Getting a ‘thank you’ from the director and a personal e-mail from the producer saying ‘See you on my next movie,’ is proof of satisfaction. Everyone was quite happy, and I think the viewers will be too!”

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Mimaki hat-trick at EDP Awards Accolades for Mimaki UJV55-320, Mimaki UJF-7151 plus and Mimaki TX300P-1800 Mimaki, manufacturer of wide-format inkjet printers, secured a hat-trick of European Digital Press Association (EDP) Awards, presented at drupa 2016.

The Mimaki UJV55-320 has been named Best Wide Format Roll-to-Roll Printer up to 320 cm; the Mimaki UJF-7151 plus, the Best Special Object Printer; and the Mimaki TX300P the Best Textile Printer Roll-to-Roll up to 100 sqm/h. The awards were accepted by Mike Horsten, General Manager Marketing of Mimaki EMEA, at a special ceremony held during the show.

“To achieve one EDP award is an honour

– three is a great recognition of the hard work and creativity of our research and development teams in not only bringing market leading solutions to fruition but also in identifying emerging trends and how we can help customers make the most of the opportunities they present,” says Horsten.

“The UJV55-320 is the perfect complement to existing sign and display graphics production platforms as well as an affordable market entry for operations looking for new sign revenue streams. The Mimaki UJF-7151 plus addresses a growing demand for digital, ondemand and plateless inkjet printing because of its ability to quickly provide high-mix and low-volume printing.

Mike Horsten adds, “With the Mimaki TX300P-1800, we were mindful of the shift in textile production from both analogue to digital and from centralised to distributed production. We envision a day not too far in the future when consumers will be able to download or create their own patterns rather than being limited to commercially available designs. The TX300P-1800 is ideal for this new distributed model of textile printing.”

The Mimaki UJV55-320 is an affordable rollfed wide-format printer that delivers speeds of up to 110 m2/h and print resolutions of up to 1200 dpi, depending on the substrates. It uses UV-curable ink, cured with a low-energy LED light array. This results in sign and display graphics that exit the printer dry and are immediately ready for further processing, significantly reducing production cycle times.

In addition, UV-curable inks emit no volatile organic compounds (VOCs), minimising the environmental footprint.

The UJF-7151 plus industrial small format UV Inkjet flatbed printer ensures high quality printing and top level productivity with ultraaccurate ink droplet placement. It has a maximum printable size of 710 x 510 mm (28 x 20in). This best-in-class digital on-demand industrial small format printing solution for the screen printing industry improves accuracy, consistency and reliability by modifying the mechanical structure of the print table. Fine lines, edges and small texts are crystal clear.

It also enables double-layer printing and colour printing on a white base layer.

The Mimaki TX300P-1800 is an innovative 1.8 meter roll-to-roll direct-to-textile inkjet printer designed to meet the market demand for smaller lot sizes, faster delivery times and the ability to quickly produce samples.

Created specifically for direct-to-textile printing, the 8-colour inkjet printer features a new printhead that ejects ink droplets at high speed to ensure accurate ink droplet placement with a high head gap. This makes the printer ideal for printing high quality images on all types of fabrics, including thicker and textured materials.

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SAi Flexi RIPs and Touch7 differentiate brand signage SA International (SAi), provider of software solutions for the professional sign making, wide-format digital printing and CAD/CAM for CNC machining industries; and Touch7, have announced that the Touch7 extended colour gamut system is now fully supported by SAi’s Flexi and PhotoPrint RIPs (Version 10.x and higher) for the sign and print markets.

Discussing the certification, Director of Sales & Marketing for Touch7, Mark Geeves comments, “It is well-known that brands utilize signage to engage the consumer with eye catching designs. Now, customers with the SAi RIP can process Touch7 files to make a brand’s signage stand out from the competition, by using the full gamut that digital print engines can provide.”

“SAi has recently undertaken extensive testing on a variety of digital engines that they support, and the results were excellent,” he continues. “Touch7 applies the separations at the design stage using the familiar Adobe Creative Cloud environment, while the final press profile conversion is done within the SAi RIP, resulting in superior quality separations with smooth transitions and tonal blending.”

“We are very excited about the Touch7 extended gamut colour technology,” adds Dean Derhak, Product Director at SAi. “Touch7 dramatically improves colour saturation on extended gamut inkjet printers, as well as on standard CMYK wide-format

digital inkjet printers. This gives every print-service provider using Touch7 with our Flexi RIP software a noticeable competitive advantage with better eye-popping colour compared to those providers not using Touch7.”

Memjet and HP to settle patent dispute Memjet and HP have reached a global settlement that includes the dismissal of all current actions between the parties and a cross-license.

on creating innovative printing technology that enables our customers to realize optimal speeds, quality and costs.”

“We are pleased to have reached a settlement with HP,” said Len Lauer, CEO of Memjet. “We will continue to stay focused

Events Calendar WAN-IFRA India 2016 Conference

Print Miracle Expo 2017

Date: 21 SEP-16 to 22 SEP-16 Venue: Swissotel

Date: 07 APR -17 to 09 APR-17 Venue: CIAL Trade & Exhibition Centre, Kochi, Kerala

IPEX 2017

Intelpack 2017

PAMEX 2017

Kolkata

All In Print China 2016 Date: 18 OCT-16 to 22 OCT-16 Venue: SNIEC, Shanghai Shanghai, China

Date: 26 SEP -17 to 28 SEP-17 Venue: Bombay Exhibition Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra

Labelexpo India 2016 Date: 17 NOV-16 to 20 NOV-16 Venue: India Expo Centre Greater Noida (Delhi NCR)

Foodtek 2017 Date: 26 SEP -17 to 28 SEP-17 Venue: Bombay Exhibition Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra

Pharmapack 2017 PrintPack India 2017 Date: 04 FEB -17 to 08 FEB-17 Venue: India Expo Centre & Mart Greater Noida

Date: 26 SEP -17 to 28 SEP-17 Venue: Bombay Exhibition Centre, Mumbai, Maharashtra

Date: 31 OCT 17 to 3 NOV 17 Venue: NEC, Birmingham UK

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